{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-br-9f-2-10-0-evening-star-stock-code-5828","title":"3 1\/2 inch gauge BR 9F 2-10-0 \"Evening Star\"","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA well-made example of LBSC's \"Evening Star\", a model  which featured both in the construction manual and front cover of \"Model  Engineer\" magazine at the time. The work of an accomplished engineer, the  builder was apprenticed at Wallsend Engineering, builders of marine steam  engines, at the end of the first World War. By the 1930s he was working as a  surveyor of boilers, lifts and cranes, during which time his interest in  model-making started. First up was LBSC's O-gauge Pacific \"Sir Morris de  Cowley\", followed by a 2 1\/2 inch gauge \"Dyak\". In rapid  succession thereafter came the LNER V2 \"Green Arrow\", an O-gauge  \"Bat\", then a pair of 3 1\/2 inch gauge locomotives -  \"P.V.Baker\" and a Webb 2-2-2 Compound. A foray into 5 inch gauge saw a  \"Maid of Kent\" built, then back to 3 1\/2 inch gauge for the 9F you see  here. A \"Rocket\", built from copies of original drawings from the  Science Museum was his penultimate enginge, he finished in 5 inch gauge with a  Stirling Single.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA friend of LBSC, he was a visitor to Purley on several  occasions where he drove LBSC's own engines.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSilver soldered copper combustion chamber boiler with  superheaters, 80psi working pressure. Feed by injector, axle pump and auxiliary  hand pump in the tender. Gunmetal cylinders with piston valves actuated by  Walschaert's gear with screw reverser in the cab.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI would rate this as pretty much the ideal restoration project -  a really well-built engine that still runs well, it needs some light mechanical  work (with some rebushing work required in the valve gear) followed by a paint  job of a similar quality to the remainder of the engine.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe black and white photograph, taken by the builder's daughter  - herself a professional artist - shows the engine \"ex-works\".\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eHydraulic test @120psi, 80psi working pressure, 15-Apr-2013\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009809994069,"sku":"5828","price":3450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/5828-1.webp?v=1779899272","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-br-9f-2-10-0-evening-star-stock-code-5828","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}