There is a fascination about the simple oscillating steam engine which attracts even the builders of true-scale exact-to-prototype quadruple expansion marine engines! It may be their sheer simplicity of mechanism it may be memories of childhood days when Father Christmas put one in the stocking or it may just be the fun of seeing the machine work This book describes the making of four such models Polly
- a vertical steam plant Elizabeth
- a horizontal steam power plant Hercules
- a working model steam crane Jenny Wren
- a miniature vertical steam engine The author built all four himself & the first three were all featured in articles which appeared in Model Engineer magazine & elsewhere Designs & methods of construction are clearly detailed with instructions that even a beginner will be able to follow