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

In need of a little work but I didn't pay a lot for it and it was complete other than a whistle handle and engine base handrail assembly.  The steam pipe was broken off and the boiler loose of its mounts, also leaking from the front end cap join in a few places.  As delivered:

SAM_1651 by David Hall, on Flickr

SAM_1650 by David Hall, on Flickr

A bit grubby but the litho base is good.
Some cleaning work undertaken, made and fitted whistle handle and a cobbled together version of the rail and stanchions, boiler leaks are mainly fixed, I have a minor weep from the seam just in front of the whistle but it doesn't seem to affect the running so it's being left as an 'age-related' feature.  Here running today with one of the burner wicks capped off:



The reverser in use as a regulator:



Like my other small Bings this is a delight to run, I was really pleased to add this one to my collection.

Dave

That's a nice engine Dave, definitely a keeper - you've done a good job fixing the major problems.

Thanks guys, this is (I think) my oldest engine now and definitely a keeper!

Dave

Very nice little original engine, glad to see you got it fixed and running on steam