Helen Long drawings

pricey-16 · Post by **pricey-16** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:21 pm

Can anyone help tracking down copies of the original Josslin / LBSC drawings of the Helen Long ? I have a copy of the E3 and E2 drawings ,
(Thanks John) I'm not actually sure how many drawing there would be in total.

Also looking for copies of the 1927 constructor series of the Helen Long as published in the Model Engineer, would any of these still exist or ever saved electronically ?.

I am wanting as much info as I can to help complete a Helen Long recently purchased, in New Zealand. The boiler and running gear are largely completed.

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:16 pm

Did you try Reeves in England? They have a lot of the LBSC drawings.

There's also Blackgates and E.J, Winter.

http://www.ajreeves.com/
http://www.blackgates.co.uk/
http://www.ejwinter.com.au/index.htm

I don't see it in any of their catalogs, but you could send them an email.

I found someone building a modified version here:
http://www.baggo.copperstream.co.uk/me/ ... /helen.htm

It was in Model Engineer in 1927

This may not come out pretty, but here are the articles in ME:

YEAR VOLUME ISSUE PAGE NOTES
1927 56 1341 60 Frames, hornblocks or pedestals, buffer beams, permissible variations, bogie bolster and pins
1927 56 1343 104 Bogie frames
1927 56 1345 150 Bogie truck assembly, make a couple of clamps, Bogie wheels - "mass production" turning, bogie axles, equalisers, turning the driving wheels
1927 56 1347 203 Axle-boxes, hornstays, spring pins, and plates, coupled axles and eccentrics
1927 56 1348 225 When assembling bogies
1927 56 1349 244 Eccentric straps for "Helen Long", fitting the wheels on the crank axle, driving and coupled wheel fitting
1927 56 1350 273 Popularity
1927 56 1351 291 From baby to big sister, points which have arisen, coupling rod pins, coupling rods, sawing and filing rods, knuckle joints, another "long" specimen
1927 56 1353 348 What about staying "Helen's" frames? Boiler feed pumps, pump fitting kinks, slot milling without attachments, mounting pumps, pump eccentric rods, built-up bolts and valve gear pins
1927 56 1355 392 Beginners should not tackle "Helen Long", "Helen's" inside cylinder, lugs and port face, drilling and cutting ports and steam ways, covers, steam chest and cover
1927 56 1358 465 Piston for inside cylinder, piston-rod, piston must run true, the chuck and bush method, valve and rod, guide bars
1927 56 1360 510 Inside motion plate, crossheads, fitting cylinder assembly to frame, inside connecting or main rod, inside combination lever and valve crosshead, union link and crosshead arm
1927 56 1362 561 Other uses for "Helen" parts, Inside expansion link, link trunnions, radius rod and lifting link, bell crank and reach rod, fitting eccentric rod and assembling up, inside lubricator
1927 56 1364 603 "Outside works", cylinders, steam chests, other milling methods, ports and passages, covers and pistons
1927 57 1368 80 Motion details, combination lever and connections, radius rod, links and brackets, return crank and eccentric rods, connecting rods and guide bar yokes, assembly and timing
1927 57 1370 123 Lubricators for outside cylinders, constructional details, steam and exhaust connections, chassis oddments
1927 57 1372 171 Boiler, formers, flanging plates, building up firebox, tubes and smokebox tubeplate, crown stays, assembly, staying, sweating up
1927 57 1374 225 Smokebox
1927 57 1381 389 Superheater and blower
1927 57 1385 488 Safety valves
1927 57 1389 581 Smokebox saddle, mounting the boiler
1928 58 1393 49 Grate and ashpan

Steve

Russ Hanscom · Post by **Russ Hanscom** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:19 pm

Check with Model Engineer for reprints or to see if the magazines are available in digital form.

pricey-16 · Post by **pricey-16** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:39 pm

Thanks for your suggestions , I'm setting to and clearing up the spare room to make way for the latest project !

Thanks to John Baguley for some great info, I can see this hobby becoming more like a lifestyle !!!

WJH · Post by **WJH** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:27 pm

http://www.myhobbystore.com

As I type this, I am looking at my "Simplex" drawings that came today that I ordered from them.
Ah never mind, I just looked and do not see any "Helen Long" plans on that page

JJG Koopmans · Post by **JJG Koopmans** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:24 am

Hi,
If you do a Google search on "Helen Long" drawings, you also get a copy of an advertising page in ME 1933 (reprinted) showing that the JAJ drawing were no 1, 2, 3, 3A and 4.
Model Engineer 1927 appears to be on offer on Ebay and the like. Some copies are for sale at Abebooks right now.
Kind regards
Jos Koopmans

pricey-16 · Post by **pricey-16** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:41 pm

Thanks JOS, I now have a reprint of the ME articles but still no other drawings seem to have survived other than the E2 and E3 drawings. Even the 2 1/2 inch gauge association in the UK doesn't have them. I should have enough to go on with though.

mclryuk · Post by **mclryuk** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:15 am

The national 2.5 gauge association may still do photocopies of the construction series but I dont know if you have to be a member.

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~n25ga/

Brian