15th Oct, 2025 10:00

TWO DAY: Popular Toys, Diecast & Figures Auction

 
Lot 550
 

550

A large circa 1935 live steam powered model of a London Steam Pleasure Launch 'Dauntless (London)

Sold for £290
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

A large circa 1935 live steam powered model of a London Steam Pleasure Launch 'Dauntless (London), metal hull finished in green and white, wooden decking with wood Bridge House and large enclosed seating area and open deck seating, 15 port holes below deck, good deck detail with ventilators and other items including two life boats, lacks one Davit, one set of step hand rails unattached (inside boat), large lift out deck section to access engine, Primus (Sweden) burner tank, 7" long horizontal boiler with four steam turret control rods for regulator and blower (two not connected), superheater pipes inside boiler, Stuart BB engine with single cylinder to power single screw drive with 3'' Propeller, in line displacement lubricator with drip feed oiler, hand pump to feed boiler with isolator, length 45", width11", height 25", comes with wooden stand, Vessel was made by Model Ship Builder H J Ash and won a Diploma of Merit at the 1935 Model Engineer’s Exhibition, F-G, originally built to a good-very good standard, requires some tidying and tlc to restore to original glory, Hull repainted without preparing surface

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