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

For sure I'll have to source a somewhat matching cloth cord before there is any chance of steaming.

However, I'll bet that there will be at least a brief run on air within the first day of receiving it!!!

Unfortunately, I have found it impossible to find an exact matching cord for these early engines, and believe me, I have looked and looked! You would think that something else of that vintage would have used the same cord, but I have found no evidence of that at all. Some cords look very much alike at first, until you compare the color, or count the stitches in the stripes.