Detailed guidance for building a model steam locomotive from scratch. The book, originally published as a series of articles in The Model Railway Constructor (UK) covers the entire process, from the initial drawing through final soldering. With chapters on each tools, materials, the boiler shop, the firebox, smokebox, boiler fittings, cab fittings, the prototype, the erecting shop, frames, springs and axles, cranks and crankpins, bogies and pony trucks, frames and running gears, locomotive kits, the GWR bar frame bogie, the cylinders and valve gear, the valve rod and link, the return crank, connecting and coupling rods, Walschaert's valve gear, Stephenson's valve gear, Joy's valve gear, connecting rods, cross-heads, slide bars, motion plates, brackets, coupling rods, brake gear and rigging, the Westinghouse brake air pump, preparing for the superstructure, soldering, turning and fitting wheels. Illustrated throughout with excellent diagrams as well as a black and white photo section showing completed models. 192 pages.
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