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Friends Models in Beverly, MA has just acquired from Tiny Power, the design and patterns for the 1920s-era H.J. Coventry vertical stationary engine that was known at Tiny Power as "Little Kathy".
The engine was featured in an article by Mr. Coventry in The Modelmaker magazine in 1926, and was available from Mr. Coventry in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Sometime in the 1970s, it was acquired by Tiny Power. It was also featured in an article in Live Steam magazine in 2000.
Details, and an excellent video of a Little Kathy that was built by David Brush, may be seen on:
http://www.friendsmodels.com/stationary ... tical.html
Thank you for looking.
-John
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Edited thread title, 12/21/23
H.J. Coventry "Little Kathy" Vertical Engine castings
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H.J. Coventry "Little Kathy" Vertical Engine castings
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Nice!
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"It was also featured in an article in Live Steam magazine in 2000."
Nov-Dec 2000, page 49 "Building the 'Little Kathy' Engine" by Ed Warren.
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Nov-Dec 2000, page 49 "Building the 'Little Kathy' Engine" by Ed Warren.
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Thanks, John!Comstock-Friend wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:15 pm "It was also featured in an article in Live Steam magazine in 2000."
Nov-Dec 2000, page 49 "Building the 'Little Kathy' Engine" by Ed Warren.
John
The castings as available from FRIENDS include a copy of the original 1920s blueprints, an updated set of CAD blueprints, and a copy of the 1926 articles from THE MODELMAKER magazine. All are in stock.
Thank you,
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Four sets of drawings, we can see if they all agree on any given dimension!
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Not necessary that they agree on any dimension.
Important is that they assemble into a running locomotive
Important is that they assemble into a running locomotive
Too many things going on to bother listing them.
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Re: H.J. Coventry "Little Kathy" Vertical Engine castings
Bump, with updated thread title. Castings in stock.
http://www.friendsmodels.com/stationary ... tical.html
Thank you.
-John
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http://www.friendsmodels.com/stationary ... tical.html
Thank you.
-John
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