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

I say very nicely done, I'd image many came out of the factory with either too much or too little solder!  Though then again, it is German made so perhaps they always came out with the exact amount of solder applied LOL

Thanks, Rich! I'm not too experienced with these vertical engines, so I'm uncertain what the prevailing method was. The Doll that I worked on recently had a ring which crimped the two parts together. Pretty fool-proof, but then not user friendly as far as disassembling for service. Thanks for the comment!

Nice work Paula.
 it intrigues me that the factory would use soft solder in an area so prone to the brunt of the heat...lol. Its coming along lovely.

Thanks, Bruce! That was my thinking as well. It wasn't until I removed the heavy coating of black soot that I could even ascertain how they originally assembled the boiler to the firebox. Then I thought, "Well, no wonder it came apart!" Then again, as long as there's water in the boiler, shouldn't that keep it from coming unsoldered? [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

On the other hand, it has a burner with three 1/4" wicks, so, depending on how the burner is setup, it may put out more heat than those joints can stand. I don't know... I intend to keep the wicks trimmed back when running it, and we'll see how it goes.

Paula