{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-gwr-king-rolling-chassis-stock-code-2012","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge GWR King rolling chassis","description":"Now don't run away - this isn't as bad as it looks!    \u003cp\u003eA 7 1\/4 inch gauge Great Western King chassis, four cylinder with piston  valves and inside Stephenson's valve gear.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eMany years ago, somebody made a determined start on this large and powerful  engine working to a good standard. Work done to date comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eFrames\u003cbr\u003e  Axleboxes, horns and keeps (gunmetal)\u003cbr\u003e  Driving and coupled wheels, quartered and keyed to axles, crankpins fitted\u003cbr\u003e  Crankaxle \u003cbr\u003e  Eccentric sheaves\u003cbr\u003e  Expansion links and inside motion bracket\u003cbr\u003e  Inside and outside piston valve cylinders, bored and fitted to frames\u003cbr\u003e  Frame stretchers\u003cbr\u003e  Outside motion brackets (gunmetal)\u003cbr\u003e  Correct compensated, working leaf springs\u003cbr\u003e  Tender wheels on correct tapered axles\u003cbr\u003e  Smokebox with chimney base\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eSo far, so good. Unfortunately, at that point the project stopped and the  engine languished in the original builder's son's shed for a couple of decades,  acquiring a liberal coating of grime and rust and being bashed around causing  the frames to take some rather odd kinks. However - the grime is largely  superficial and a roll of emery cloth appears to work wonders! Realistically,  shot-blasting would be the answer for most of it, with hand finishing of the  machined bits (crankpins, axles etc) and a little blacksmithing for the frame  extremities. It all pushes along freely, there's a set of castings for the front  bogie wheels and the expansion links came up bright with some paraffin (they  even rock smoothly).\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eSo, impress the chaps down the club (they'll all nudge each other and let  newcomers know that you're the chap building a 7 1\/4 King - an aura of Keith  Wilson-like serenity and experience will surround you) and make some room in my  shed for less than the cost of a set of Rob Roy castings!\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e(If, on the other hand, you really were planning on making a 7 1\/4 King, this  is a quick way to get over £1000-worth of castings with some competent  machining thrown in for free!)\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eDrawings and castings still available from Reeves.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eOverall length (locomotive) 62 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Driving wheels 10 inch diameter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009535955285,"sku":"2012","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2012-1.webp?v=1779898140","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-gwr-king-rolling-chassis-stock-code-2012","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}