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

Hi,

Its is over two months since I posted in this thread, having spent those months doing a lot of repetitive work building base boards for a model railway layout this comes as a bit of light relief.  I have a few days before we leave for a warmer climate so how far I will get towards finishing this restoration I don’t know.  It will depend on what has to be done.

The last plastic bag containing the cylinder and the remaining valve gear parts has been opened and the contents taken apart.  Like the other parts of the beam engine they are not particularly well made.

Like the beam the cylinder is a fabrication and also like the other parts uses BA threads so the model was probably made in the UK and after 1903 when the British Association adopted the thread.  As the sealant used instead of gaskets blocked one of the cylinder’s steam passageways after the engines last assembly it probably never would have run in fact there is no evidence that the engine ever ran.  Attached photographs of the cylinder and valve gear parts being taken apart.  Tomorrow I hope to start on the cleaning up and deciding what repairs are or not are necessary.  There is no evidence after taking apart that the model ever worked so getting the cylinder positioned under the beam and the valve gear in place never mind working might be interesting.

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Regards Tony.