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Steam Powered Seguin
This ship was built by one of our restoration workers when he was just 17. This operating remote control shipl has a homemade 2 cylinder steam engine powered by twin superheateded boilers. The pilot has is fully detailed inside and there is lighting throughout the ship.
Two cylinder inline engine with superheated boilers and flamepots underneath:
Lighted ship. Note the detailed cabin which includes the Captain's eyeglasses, rum bottle, wife's picture, ships wheels, guages, and chart table.
The real Seguin. We always do our best to not only research your model's history but also the ship it was modelled after.
After 15 years sitting on display, Seguin was re-rigged and her engines re-fired on 11/13/2008. Video of first re-fire below:
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