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  • 17 November 2024 at 20:58 #764965
    Bill Morgan
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      @billmorgan86057

      I recently bought this model traction engine, there are certain parts missing and having spent some time with it I do now believe it is an unfinished project. Can anyone tell me what make/model of traction engine it is based upon and who may have made the casting kit for it, and, (yes, I know its a long shot), where I might obtain some drawings for it, any help would be greatly appreciated.SDC11865SDC11862SDC11866SDC11867SDC11869

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      17 November 2024 at 21:45 #764970
      Bazyle
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        @bazyle

        Provide some details. Wheel diameters, Height of top of chimney, distance between axles, diameter of boiler.

        17 November 2024 at 22:00 #764971
        Clive Brown 1
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          @clivebrown1

          Can’t help much but the smokebox platform and the disc flywheel indicate a showman’s engine, but I thought that they were almost always compounds, so perhaps not close to a full scale prototype. Straked rear wheels  also seem unusual for this type of engine. Plenty of work ahead there. As said, sizes would be helpful.

          18 November 2024 at 00:39 #764993
          Paul Kemp
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            @paulkemp46892

            There are no features that scream out it is of a particular marque, but I am no expert. Large showman’s engines were as previously said more commonly compounds.  There were a few smaller single cylinder tractors that were used by showmen I think but the size of that dynamo platform suggests this was to represent something bigger than a tractor.  I can’t think of any published designs off the top of my head that might fit this.  I suspect this may be a freelance, certainly that firehole door is not a scale reproduction of anything I have seen.  I think you might get more luck posting this on traction talk, there are plenty of knowledgeable traction engine folk on there.

            Paul.

            18 November 2024 at 07:25 #764994
            JasonB
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              The three shaft layout suggest it is more likely meant to be a Burrell than a Fowler and it certainly would not be the first model Burrell agricultural engine built up to look like a Showman’s conversion. If you read Plastow’s book there is a lot about “lion” which had the lesser spokes and strakes of an agricultural/tractor though that was a compound and had been converted to a Showman’s

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