A kit-build 4 inch scale Ruston Proctor 3 ton steam tractor. It's come from a man who bought it new in 2000, he had virtually completed it when a combination of ill health and anno domini brought a halt to the project - it's been untouched in some years; with a move to a smaller house the engine has had to go.
Largely assembled, it requires big end, safety valves, grate and ashpan fitting and various small fitting and pieces of pipework. There is a box of parts, some in original bags, which the owner believed contained everything to finish the engine.
Complete with assembly drawings, original manufacturer's boiler certificate, along with a club hydraulic certificate issued soon after the kit was bought.
Little expenditure required to get this on the rally field this season, other than some time in the workshop.
scale |
4 inch |
length/inches |
48 |
width/inches |
21 |
height/inches |
35 |
cylinder material |
cast iron |
valve type |
slide |
valve gear |
Stephensons |
reverser type |
pole |
lubricator type |
mechanical |
boiler number |
48 |
year built |
2000 |
boiler maker |
Winson Model Technology |
CE mark |
n/a - pre-2002 |
boiler type |
locomotive |
boiler material |
steel |
boiler construction |
all welded |
safety valve(s) |
2 |
safety valve type |
Ramsbottom |
road speed(s) |
2 |