A particularly well-made “Metre Maid”, 0-6-0 version of the highly-popular “Sweet Pea” design. Work to date is to a high standard and comprises:
- Rolling chassis, roller bearing axle boxes, wheels quartered, coupling rods fitted – fitting work is excellent, the chassis runs along with the gentlest one-fingered push
- Reverser stand erected
- Smokebox, saddle, door and chimney fitted
- Pump and eccentric sheave, strap and rod machine and fitted – this needs some adjustment, as currently there is about the thickness of a coat of paint's clearance between the strap and frame stretcher
- Motion brackets machined and fitted
- Weighshaft and slide blocks machined and fitted
- Set of cast iron cylinders, bored, faced and all ports machined
- Silver soldered copper boiler with hydraulic test certificate
- Laser cut cab kit
- Complete set of drawings
The engine could be completed for little extra expenditure other than some boiler fittings and material for a water tank (however for those without the time to finish this one, a running “Metre Maid” has just come in which will be listed in the next week or two).
