{"product_id":"parts-for-5-inch-gauge-v1-stock-code-3550","title":"Parts for 5 inch gauge V1","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe grubby appearance of this early stage is misleading, there is some good  work gone into an LNER V1 to Martin Evans' \"Enterprise\" design for  Gresley's large, three cylinder 2-6-2 tank locomotive.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork to date comprises a rolling chassis with main driving wheels machined  and quartered, crank axle, gunmetal axleboxes and horns (nicely done - note the  correct fishbellied flanges on the axleboxes in \u003ca href=\"pages\/3550-e.htm\"\u003epicture  \"e\"\u003c\/a\u003e), and a set of three piston valve cylinders machined. There is  a box of miscellaneous unmachined castings including the leading and trailing  wheels, valve rod guides and various other Os \u0026amp; Ss, along with a  part-machined set of connecting and coupling rods.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuite a number of V1 models are built up as two cylinder engines rather than  three. It cuts out some work and doesn't, in my opinion, make a deal of  difference to performance on the track. However, the added technical interest of  conjugated gear for driving the inner valve is a very appealing part of the  design (and here speaks a man who has spent time this week working on a super V2  with the same cylinder and valve layout).    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will build up into a large, powerful locomotive. I had one some years  ago, paintwork was getting tired but the engine was beautifully built, it went  particularly well - \u003ca href=\"\/products\/stock%20pages\/2251\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epictures  in the archive\u003c\/a\u003e. Work to date is to a good standard, what is there needs to  be stripped, cleaned and painted before progressing further.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no drawings but these, along with the remaining castings are  available from Blackgates Engineering.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019681452373,"sku":"3550","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3550-1.webp?v=1779906177","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/parts-for-5-inch-gauge-v1-stock-code-3550","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}