How similar do you want it to be?

Bruce engineering do the Easton & Anderson that Anthony Mound described

Stuart Models also do a grasshopper

Or you could just make it from scratch possibly substituting a cylinder and flywheel casting from one of the other beam engines that Reeves do. I'm well on my way to completing a scratch built E&A at double the size of teh bruce offering with a lot more detail added, see here

J

Edited By JasonB on 30/01/2013 13:01:47

I've never seen castings available but they may have been in the sixtys when the article was writen

J

Hi Ian

I misunderstood.

I thought you did not want to use Brunel for reasons posted on another thread.

I did not realise the engine was not what you want.

One of the Model Engineer contributors made it from the solid + a flywheel casting I think.

I think he wrote it up in ME but not dead sure.

That engine was an update of one published in ME back in the late40s, early 50s I believe.

It was also originally metric.

regards David

Hi Jason

I think that is the one.

regards david

Happened to be looking at Hit & miss engines and remembered that Canadian Model Engineering do a Grasshopper that is a dead ringer for the Owen one but looks to have been scaled up 50%. from the earlyer design, I had assumed they were the same size

Edited By JasonB on 31/01/2013 16:42:42

Thanks Jo, another one to add to the collection?

J

Probably 4-5" dia the capacity is largish but hopefully it won't want too much steam as it should be quite slow running.

I have heard that their Hit & miss castings are good quality so the same should apply to the steam engines.

Make sure you post some pictures of progress.