Simplex 3.5 (Simplex Minor?) – help requested

Simplex 3.5 (Simplex Minor?) – help requested

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23 October 2018 at 21:23 #377335
JR
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I have been given an unfinished steam engine – it is definitely a Simplex but the gauge is 3.5 inch. Do drawings exist for a 3.5 inch version of the Martin Evans Simplex? It is complete apart from a boiler and plate work. I have heard this version is called a Simplex Minor – is that true?

My next step is to find or make a boiler for it. But without drawings I do not know what boiler I need.

All help appreciated. JR
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23 October 2018 at 21:23 #9383
JR
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25 October 2018 at 08:09 #377537
Eric Sinclair
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Simplex Minor was serialised in Model Engineer starting with issue 4024.

Watch out for the dimensions there are errors. The one I remember in particular is a 0.5" difference between the cab and tank side length and the corresponding length on the frames.
27 October 2018 at 14:26 #377922
JR
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This is very helpful – THANK YOU!

I was given a huge pile of magazines with the engine and I have just found the whole series for constructing Simplex Minor – issues 4024 to 4039. In the last article it says that drawings were available from a company called Plans Service in Hemel Hempstead but they don't seem to exist any more. I assume you made yours from the magazine articles so I will start with those. Thanks again!
10 November 2018 at 11:12 #380057
Tony Wright 1
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Might be worth trying sarik,
18 November 2018 at 19:45 #381276
JR
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Thx – have sent them an email
19 November 2018 at 12:42 #381360
Neil Wyatt
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Yes, the plans service has been though the hands of various publishers of ME but is now with Sarik Hobbies.

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