Marine Engines

Do you dream of a journey on a romantic steam ship? The Wilesco African Queen is then exactly the right boat for you. The engine is steaming smoothly and the chimney smokes. This model is assembled completely and ready to use. If you want to steer the boat by a RC system everything is prepared for mounting it afterwards.

Do not wait to long to be a captain because the African Queen is a limited edition of 1,000 in the Wilesco range.

The original steamboat African Queen was built 1910. It became worldwide famous as the main role in the film African Queen beside the actors Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. In this film the African Queen gets torpedoed on the Lake Victoria by the German warship Konigin Luise in the course of World War I. Like the original boat, this finished model has a wooden hull and runs with a steam engine.

Technical specifications: Length: 70 cm, Width: 20 cm, Total height: 40 cm, Scale: 1:12, Weight: 2 kg, Boiler capacity: 120 cm³

The pictured figurine is not included in the packing.

Complete steamboat African Queen with wooden hull and fully operational steam engine.

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Retail Price $849.95

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One Box of Esbit Fuel (4 grams ea. tablet) $6.95 (4 or fewer items)$5.50 (5 to 9 items)$5.25 (10 to 19 items)$5.00 (20 to 35 items)$4.49 (36 or more items)

Shell Valvata J Oil 460 - Steam Cylinder Oil $4.75

Wilesco D 48 mirror polished and nickel plated boiler, diameter 55 mm, length 140 mm, boiler capacity 250 cubic cm, with water gauge glass, spring loaded safety valve, filler cap. Boiler heated with butane gas. Removable nickel plated gas holder with filler and regulating valve, suitable for all conventional filling devices. Gas consumption about 20 g, flywheel with a diameter of 50 mm, fully reversible (allowing forward and reverse), self starting automatic drive. Installation of an universal coupling with a diameter of 4 mm is possible on either side of the drive shaft. Fully reversible steam regulator , infinitely variable, RC-connection can be joined to the reversing lever. Weight (complete) 1,0 kg (1,3 kg with filled boiler). Size of base plate boiler and gas holder: Length 180 mm, width 110 mm, height 140 mm, weight 0,6 kg. Aggregate: Length 125 mm, width 90 mm, height 100 mm, weight 0,4 kg.Suitable for boats of a length up to 100 cm (39.37 inches).

Retail Price $679.95

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Shell Valvata J Oil 460 - Steam Cylinder Oil $4.75

Wilesco D 49 vertical mirror polished brass boiler, diameter 65 mm, height 100 mm, capacity 300 cubic cm, with water gauge glass, spring loaded safety valve, steam whistle with chain. 2 double action brass cylinders with steam jet oilers in a V-shape, self starting automatic drive (allowing forward and reverse), infinitely variable. RC-connection can be joined to the reversing lever. Suitable for model boats of 80 cm long (31.496 inches) Operating time approx. 15 minutes. Measurements:
Base plate for boiler 120 x 105 mm, height (incl. funnel)
240 mm, weight (incl. aggregate) approx. 0,9 kg

Don't forget the Esbit Fuel and the Steam Oil! See Bottom of Page.

Retail Price $489.95

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One Box of Esbit Fuel (4 grams ea. tablet) $6.95 (4 or fewer items)$5.50 (5 to 9 items)$5.25 (10 to 19 items)$5.00 (20 to 35 items)$4.49 (36 or more items)

Shell Valvata J Oil 460 - Steam Cylinder Oil $4.75

Wilesco D 52 mirror polished and nickelplated boiler, diameter 45 mm, length 105 mm, boiler capacity 155 cm³, with water gauge glass, spring loaded safety valve, steam jet oiler. Vertically mounted reversible double action brass cylinder, with flywheel, flexible plastic pipe to connect boiler and engine assembly. Flywheel with a diameter of 70 mm with grooved pulley, stern tube with a diameter of 6 mm and shaft (length 260 mm), plastic propeller, diameter 50 mm. Brass universal coupling. Operating time about 15 minutes per fuel charge. Suitable for boats up to 40-50 cm (15 - 19 1/2 inches approx).

Weight : 0,9 kg

Don't forget the Esbit Fuel and the Steam Oil! See Bottom of Page.

Retail Price $259.95

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One Box of Esbit Fuel (4 grams ea. tablet) $6.95 (4 or fewer items)$5.50 (5 to 9 items)$5.25 (10 to 19 items)$5.00 (20 to 35 items)$4.49 (36 or more items)

Shell Valvata J Oil 460 - Steam Cylinder Oil $4.75

One 1 oz Bottle Steam Cylinder Oil.

Valvata J has excellent film strength. Viscosity Grade 460. Developed by Shell for the sole purpose of lubricating steam cylinders in the presence of wet steam.
1 oz bottle.

Esbit fuel tablets differ from most other solid fuel tablets in that they are non-toxic and completely consume themselves when burned. Most other fuel tablets leave a toxic residue behind. The manufacturer states that Esbit fuel tabs can be safely burned inside a properly ventilated room. They are very small and extremely light weight. They burn for about 15 minutes and are a great toy steam engine fuel.

Sold by the box. One box contains 20 tablets 4 grams each. Shown in picture is one CASE of esbit which contains 36 boxes.