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New toy that we collected yesterday, 1927 Ruston & Hornsby, 6hp hopper cooled.

Peter

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There's a nice wee engine not far from Mr Runnachs house, hopper cooled, connected to a saw bench and lying in the middle of a wood rusting away. Not sure of maker.
 
Nice! I love the open crank engines. My dad served his apprenticeship at Rustons in Lincoln and my Uncle is a big enthusiast with a lot of engines including early open crank ones. I have a fairly basic Fowler P type that I rescued from my fathers that still runs nice.

Keith
 
Here's mine, bit like a diesel:)
 

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Re-post the pics of the engine you made John they are well worth a second viewing.
 
I have a 5" Britannia chassis that I got along a fair way with, not as far as that though, that is nice.

Peter
 
listerdiesel said:
I have a 5" Britannia chassis that I got along a fair way with, not as far as that though, that is nice.

Peter
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Do you still have it and some photos? I found very quickly that I like to replicate detail, and although I have managed some on the little Brit, I would have been better off with a 5"!
John
Hon. Sec. Southampton Society of Model Engineers
 
When I worked on the gas board, I visited a House, May have been a pub in Shirehampton, Bristol.
In his basement he had a collection of replica railway engines, the biggest of which was over 4 ft long & all made by him on the premises.

I think some people are amazing, as are some on here!

Phill
 
siimplyloco said:
Do you still have it and some photos? I found very quickly that I like to replicate detail, and although I have managed some on the little Brit, I would have been better off with a 5"!
John
Hon. Sec. Southampton Society of Model Engineers
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It's wrapped up in the workshop, chassis made, axles and wheels turned, lots of small stuff but not as advanced as yours.

If I get a minute before Lincoln I'll get it out and see how it has fared in storage, haven't touched it in years, still got the drawings set.

What castings we have came from Norman Spink in Chesterfield, as did the drawings. He is probably long passed away now, he had the 5" model that the guy who did the drawings had made, on his mantlepiece.

Peter
 
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Great pics to see thanks for sharing. Looks a really interesting hobby/project, if only I had the skills.
 
I remember many years ago having a go with a Bren Gun on which the barrel got extremely hot.

But that was Chopper cooled.
 
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Engineers

Our neighbour used to build model locos from scratch and even made the miniature lathe etc he used for manufacturing them. Ex Navy engineer and worked the rest of his working life in the Barrow shipyard, finishing as a manager on the Hull Services Department during the construction of the first nuclear powered subs in the sixties.

He never had a formal training beyond an apprenticeship in the yard and would never be regarded by many as a 'proper' engineer but his eye was faultless. Really good with metal but, by his own admission, bloody hopeless with wood. I came across an old copy (A4 size) of a drawing for the Pacific class loco in my cellar the other day. If I can think on I'll get a picture put on here shortly.

Just as an aside, I love the whole business of working alongside these old school practical men. One phrase that sticks with me is 'Slack as prick in a shirt sleeve' but there's loads along that line, which I think of as secret incantations to free off seized nuts or drive out tight pins etc.

Cheers

H
 
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