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Author Topic: PlayBoy - running, original heater  (Read 80 times)

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Rich...Would you, or anyone else like a PlayBoy project???

Pretty decent looking boiler...with one small dent
Double-action cylinder - you might want to buy a slightly longer 'hold on' screw
Steam pipe and base pretty decent
Flywheel is apropos

Needs a banjo for the top
Needs a whistle
Needs a pulley
Needs a heater 
Needs 3 nuts/bolts for the boiler
And...an entire sightglass assembly

Regarding the heater - I've used 380 band heaters,
35mm X 35mm in size with some success.  My PlayBoy,
B31, and an Elektro all run with one.  Be forewarned,
all the band heaters from China vary a bit in wattage.
I suggest you buy two at a time.  Or, try American!

I cannot give it away.  I was about to use the boiler
to run another engine - a PM Research in a nice display
setup.  I'm open to swaps (MARX 1930's trains, fine rare
rough agate, or intriguing steam engines and toys.)

Nice weather in the Big Apple today,
Wayne