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A part-built 4 inch scale Foster agricultural engine to the popular Live Steam Models design - we've had lots of these in over the years, their popularity is well-deserved, it's a well-proportioned, powerful engine. There are lots of pictures of finished engines in the archive, this one gives you an idea of what they turn out like.
Work to date is to a good standard and comprises
commercially built boiler supplied by Live Steam Models and complete with their paperwork detailing initial hydraulic test, complete with smokebox
set of commercially machined gears, including differential
machined crankshaft
machined flywheel
machined cylinder assembly complete with front & rear covers, piston, rod, crosshead and trunk guide
rolled and welded wheel rims, complete with T-rings
hornplates, complete with dummy rivets and main bearing housings with bronzes fitted
set of front and rear spokes
machined rear hubs and cover plates
formed tender sides, bottom and spud pan
machined front axle
large quantity of unmachined castings to complete (including three cast iron eccentric straps not shown in the pictures below)
drawings
Lots of hours in the workshop before you're ready to put a fire in the engine, but not a great deal extra to spend. As far as we can see there are castings to complete, much of the heavy and/or big work - crankshaft, cylinders, gears, flywheel, winch drum - is all done.
scale | 4 inch |