Sold October 2005 Back to Archive

Large proportion of a 3 inch scale Burrell, built to Plastow's well-known design and including a complete set of drawings. Work to date comprises:

• Smokebox, door, chimney and perch bracket

• Cylinder block part-machined, safety valves fitted

• Copper silver-soldered boiler

• Firebox door

• Wheels built, painted and lined, front axle complete

• Hornplates completed, painted and lined

• Tender finished, painted and lined

• Water pump complete

• Connecting rod assembly complete

• Eccentric straps & sheaves machined

• Steering wheel machined and painted with shaft

• Gear guards complete, painted and lined

• Steering shaft and worm wheel complete

• Second shaft gearing complete

• Gear selector assembly c/w levers and selector forks

In addition there are a large quantity of parts and unmachined castings, including:

• Pressure gauge

• Injector

• Steam cocks

• Lamps

• Steering chain shackles

• Piston rings

• Grate

• Weighshaft bracket

• Governor castings, finished governor gears

There's a super example of a completed engine I sold last year on the archive if you want to see what it looks like when finished.