This is my model exhibit. Mostly model steam engines, which I
show at malls, department stores, festivals, fairs, machinery
shows, etc. Mr. Willis Whelan, a former neighbor of mine, and I put
this together about 1963. We called it the Whelan and Hunter
display. Willis had built many models before I knew him and I too
had built a few. They are built from old woodcut drawings or
pictures taken from old books and magazines, not from kits. There
are beam engines, grasshoppers, a pendulum table engine, Corliss,
oscillators, and many other types. There are quite a few old toy
engines that I have collected over the years. The merry-go-round is
powered by a twin cylinder oscillator. Mr. Whelan passed away three
years ago at age 89. I am sure many people who have seen this
exhibit remember him. I generally show them at the Ohio Valley
Antique Machinery show at Georgetown, Ohio and a couple of other
shows in Kentucky and Indiana.
are beam engines, grasshoppers, a pendulum table engine, Corliss,
oscillators, and many other types. There are quite a few old toy
engines that I have collected over the years. The merry-go-round is
powered by a twin cylinder oscillator. Mr. Whelan passed away three
years ago at age 89. I am sure many people who have seen this
exhibit remember him. I generally show them at the Ohio Valley
Antique Machinery show at Georgetown, Ohio and a couple of other
shows in Kentucky and Indiana.
