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Hi Rich I dont think so as the model has all the correct patina for not having been rebuilt. Someone has started to repaint the tender a rather bright ...
Hi all, It's mystery loco time again! Picked this loco chassis up from Ebay this week and trying to trace it's ancestry. Have uploaded 3 photo's to the photo...
Hi John This looks very much like a chassis for the 'Don Young' King Arthur which was published in Model Engineer under the name 'ELAINE' back in around April...
I have posted some photos of a loco, does anyone know what it is and if it is frelance? The loco is a two cylinder 2-6-2, coal fired, appears to have ...
Any chance that it is based on LBSC's Little Jack Horner? Yours, Rich....
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Thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately I am struggling to find online references to them. Does anyone know of a good LBSC website or one with a few images...
What is the difference between Little jack Horner and Zoe? From memory I recall them being similar. Thinking about it St Hildas and Girton were both 'Schools...
Hi Mike, Perhaps we should start a 'mystery loco' section! I did a bit of searching when the loco first came up for sale but couldn't pin it down to any known...
Hi Robin, Thanks for replying. I've checked out Elaine and the chassis' not for her - the frames are longer and the wheel spacing is longer. The wheels are the...
Have started work on my version of Helen Long and will post photos etc as work progresses. I've used Black Five wheel castings for the driving/coupled wheels ...
... John, how do you "locate" needle roller bearing on the axle, to prevent sideways movement of the axle? the only way to it reliably it seems is to use...
Hi Chris, The bearings are pressed into normal type flanged axle boxes, the bearing just replaces the plain reamed hole. Axial movement is controlled by the...
... against the flange of the axle box, as in the plain type. I considered doing the same, but felt that the advantages of needle roller bearing would be...
John Do you have the Helen Long drawings? I know somebody who would love to get his hands on them. David ... etc ... Longs ... has ... correct ... as ... ...
Hi Chris, I think any side friction will only be a problem when going around tight curves but we'll see. It certainly won't be any worse than with plain axle...
Hi David, No, unfortunately I don't have any original drawings, only a copy of the original series in ME. This is why I am trying to produce a set of full size...
Hi Just noticed this one. I complete a 2 1/2"LNER Atlantic back in the summer.I also had great difficulty in finding out any details of its origins. I...
I've decided to extend the website I built for my alternative energy projects and include some of my other activities, including model engineering. I'm going...
Hi All I know that someone once told me were i could get steam coal for 2 1/2" locos but i have lost this info. Would any of you lovely gents be able to let me...
Mick I run a vintage Atlantic very successfully on anthracite beans, much to the surprise sometimes of other members. When I first started I used the...
Mick: I use Welsh Steam Coal from Signal Fuels for my narrow firebox 4-6-0 with great satisfaction. The size I use is "Grains," (roughly 3/8") which seems...
hi folks anyone got any drawings for the 2 1/2" gauge flying scotsman or where can i get them from ive just been given the rolling chassis but i need to finish...
Drawings were serialised in the Model Engineer vol 147 issue 3664 onwards to vol 149 issue 3684. Most model engineering societies have stacks of ME's for sale...
Be careful though - There are several different designs out there (Bassette Lowke and Bonds were both popular pre-war). I'm sure there are others too. If ...
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Hi there Guys, I had assumed Jason's request related to the Bassette-Lowke verison - but Simon you have a point, there was another version produced more...
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ok mate thanks please let know if you get some and how much ive got the rolling chassis but its the rest im stuck on im bidding on some pistons and cylinders...
