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Hello ,try PMR they have both finished and unmachined fittings of many different scale pipe fittings. You can find them @ pmmodengine.com, download there list and take a look at there stock.

Hello, to all in the great beyond, I am looking for a print or drawing for the above , I have one for the vertical lubricator( print) have made one for my steam driven water pump, I now need to make two for the steam chest/ valve box. I want to mount them under the running boards ( like air tanks) a...

The fittings I am looking for are outside the boiler, the connection from the throttle to the valve chambers, the downpipes .The throttle I am using is behind the stack on the smoke box, the downpipes pass thru the smoke box to the valves My Engine is 3/4" castings from the old Little Engines, ...

Hello to all, dose anyone in the great beyond know of any place to find prints,or the like on how to make brass pipe fitting to scale for use on our engines? I know you can get them from PM industries,I just like to make parts if I can. Any help would be great.

Will you sell your yarn in 2' lengths, if so how much do you want for it?

Yes,Northern Pacific, 1927 4-8-4 northern.

Hello to all, Want to thank all who have answered my question about decals and vinyl lettering. Now I have another question, does any one know of a picture or drawing that shows what it says on the Engine under the cab window and on the side of the tender. I have many books on trains,but none that a...

Hello, does anyone in the great beyond know of a supplier of decal or vinyl lettering ? I have reached the point in my tender build that I soon will need to label my road name, engine # etc. Any help would be great, the shops near me don't do small orders , I live in Cleveland Ohio.

I am very glad to have all the information that you all have written, I am sure that there are other's who are able to use the information too.

I believe that is what it was, I remember the skull and cross bones label, we wore rubber gloves and a face mask to put it in the steel box full of the bone charcoal and then cover it and close the kiln, cooked it for 4hours and let it cool over night. Next day we cleaned the parts and oiled them.

I worked at a plastic mold shop in California, we caseharded mold guide parts, had the CAOHSA fine us for not having the proper permits,training etc. So I am a little gun shy, we used a kiln and bone charcoal, plus the dip,don't recall what it was called.

Hello all ,does any one know of a source for the Van Brocklin Machanical lubricator ratchet wheel? I am getting ready to build one for my 4-8-4 northern in 3/4 scale, I can build the other parts needed to make it, but I feel I can not do this part. I know very little about case hardening metal ,only...