A large collection of machined parts, unmachined castings and commercially built boiler for a 3 inch scale Burrell agricultural engine to the Plastow design.
This one has come to us from a long time customer, a man who has built many models in a variety of scales over the years - the last time we met was up at Beamish Museum, we'd taken the 3 ton Wallis tractor, he was running his 4 inch scale traction engine.
Advancing years have now decided him to thin out the larger of his projects; now in his ninth decade he's decided to concentrate on the stationary steam and model aero engines in his collection.
Work to date is to a good standard and comprises:
- Commercially built silver-soldered copper boiler by Bishop-Ellis
- Crankshaft machined and fitted, complete with eccentric sheaves and straps
- Hornplates profiled and fitted to boiler
- Commercially machined gears, including differential
- Smokebox assembly with door, chimney saddle and perch bracket
- Front and rear axles
- Set of front and rear wheels, painted and lined
- Cylinder block, piston and rod
- Machined flywheel
- Commercially machined expansion link with part-machined eccentric rods
- Brass tender
- Grate and ashpan
- Quantity unmachined castings