"Rob Skinner" wrote (snip):-
For that last couple of years I have inflicted a display of small hot air engines on our club for the new years's crank-up and they seem to be generally well recieved, though I reverted to IC with the Maytag this year. I also attend the annual Stirling engine society bash at Kew Bridge. I am most envious of the American scene and regularly drool over the rally pictures - particularly the guy (I forget his name) who builds full size replicas from patent drawings, some of which were probably never commercially produced.