Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
I know that this is not actually a railway item but, it would fit on my layout in some form or other. If the powers that be think that it shouldn't be here, I fully understand.
I started building this engine back in the late 70's or early 80's and for some reason or other packed it all away as unfinished project. While waiting for an NRM drawing of a PBV to arrive, my next railway project, I thought that I'd go back to working on this. Although I had done some work in cleaning up the column, it's an aluminium casting, I spent something like another two or three hours going over it again. It's not perfect but it's the best that I can do. I also spent some time going over all of the bits and pieces, re identifying with them and checking to see what I had or had't done. I'm okay with the project now and will start work on the main bearings and fixing the column to it's base.
The engine is described in the book of words as, a little engine built by Williams Brothers of Kendal and shown at the International Exhibition of 1862 with a bore of 6 1/2".
Jon
I started building this engine back in the late 70's or early 80's and for some reason or other packed it all away as unfinished project. While waiting for an NRM drawing of a PBV to arrive, my next railway project, I thought that I'd go back to working on this. Although I had done some work in cleaning up the column, it's an aluminium casting, I spent something like another two or three hours going over it again. It's not perfect but it's the best that I can do. I also spent some time going over all of the bits and pieces, re identifying with them and checking to see what I had or had't done. I'm okay with the project now and will start work on the main bearings and fixing the column to it's base.
The engine is described in the book of words as, a little engine built by Williams Brothers of Kendal and shown at the International Exhibition of 1862 with a bore of 6 1/2".
Jon