Traction Engine Identification Help Please….

[Bill MorganParticipant @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.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

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

[Clive Brown 1Participant @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.

[Paul KempParticipant @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.

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