Stuart Victoria Build – Photo Album

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Just showing off because I've got Dropbox cracked.

These are the photo's I took to document the development and build of my version of the Stuart Victoria. It is of course not really a "Stuart" Victoria as it was produced by them (and a nice job they did too), but is not one of their designs. This is why there is no "S" on the castings. Only engines designed by Stuart carry the famous "S". Stuart couldn't confirm that, but the history around the origins of the Victoria (and the James Coombes) suggest I'm not far off.

The Victoria is a fantastic kit from Stuart, as it's very easy to modify into other forms, the classic being the Stuart Twin which of course was designed by Tubal Cain.

If you haven't read my Stuart Victoria blog, the configuration of the Stuart I came up with is pure plagirism on my part, it's as good a copy as I could make of a model engine my great – grandfather built around 1905. His engine was as near a copy as he could make of the engine at a local mill, where he was the engineer.

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Some of the photo's of finished engines are from Harrogate show to gather ideas of how things were assembled, what looked good and what didn't.

There is also a couple of timing diagrams for the Meyer expansion valve arrangement, which I've been asked for a couple of times. My engine as built hides a single traditional slide valve in the steam chest…I've not got round to make a real Meyer expansion valve, nor fitting the railings to finish off the build. When I retire, maybe I'll get five minutes to get it done.

Most of the photo's are actual crime scene photo's and not reconstructions – that's my excuse for the chips, oil and other stuff all over the place

Steve

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Stuart Victoria Build – Photo Album

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