The Home Machinist!

". . .make me a reasonable offer which will be donated to the restoration of Alaska Railroad #557. It will all fit into a small flat rate box, for $10.40 postage."

Waiting for an offer on the parts plus the cost for postage.

I'm not sure why I bought these on Ebay at least 20 years ago. I think they are all Winton. I've never had a Winton engine or expected to get one. Some are unsullied castings, some may be junk, some may need to be bushed and new holes put in, I just don't know. What you see is what you get. To allow...

A couple of other thoughts - A weldor can assess the welds, but may not have a clue about pressure vessels. Do an assessment of what you have (the weldor can help with that) and then do some research on basic pressure vessel/boiler design. It's not rocket science and there is lots of information ava...

Nice! It looks like a good time was had by all.

I did a search of archive.org. Copperite showed up as a color for an Eagle oil can and a type of high speed steel, but that was it. none of the hits were in ME.

Looking good!

I noticed that there is a pretty good collection of old Model Engineer magazines on archive.org. You might give that a try to see if it suggests anything.

The Monogram "Big Deuce" offers some possibilities. Unfortunately, The kit doesn't support a totally stock version and it's a convertible. A number of years ago there was someone who was selling resin cast body parts to make a couple of body variations when used with the kit's fenders and ...

I have more tools, supplies, and miniature train jewelry than I'd like to admit that I bought but hasn't yet used. However, I have a sense of wellbeing just knowing they are going to be there when and if I do need them, so they were a good investment.

Very nice!

Very nice!

I suspect Youtube creator Blondihacks' Kozo Pennsylvania A3 Switcher build is introducing the hobby to a whole new audience. I wonder if many will take the next step?