Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Great score, Arnold! It's certainly a beauty, and worthy to stand alongside it's horizontal companion.

(Many of the parts look strangely familiar to me...  )

Paula

Exactly - I had to cut off the blocked, calcified and corroded drain cock with the hacksaw.
Made a threaded bushing and soldered to the boiler. Then I restored the drain cock and
soldered a new thread BA 4 to it. Now it is perfect working - but 3 hours labor...
Arnold

that really looked bad:

[ Guests cannot view attachments ]

now fully working and original:

[ Guests cannot view attachments ]