3.5″ Locomtive

3.5″ Locomtive

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28 November 2018 at 18:56 #382779
Ryan Lee
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Edited By Neil Wyatt on 28/11/2018 19:51:40
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28 November 2018 at 18:56 #1778
Ryan Lee
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Wondering if anyone knows anything about this 3.5″ Locomtive and if there are plans available
28 November 2018 at 20:07 #382789
Paul Kemp
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Silly question perhaps but are you sure it's 3.5" and not 2.5"? Not easy to miss measure by 1" and not casting aspersions on your ability with a rule but it has a vague resemblance from memory to LBSC's Fayette. As far as I remember though the design was 2.5" gauge. Happy to be shown as completely wrong on this as I am not an expert by any means on model loco's!

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28 November 2018 at 20:17 #382791
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28 November 2018 at 23:28 #382813
Ryan Lee
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Cheers Paul and Bill, spot on there with both the scale and design, will be doing alot more research as this hobby is very new to me
29 November 2018 at 00:53 #382825
John Baguley
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Yes, definitely a Fayette but whoever built it deviated from the drawings a bit and used some Bonds castings for the trailing frame and the rear truck (the drawings call for built up items for these). The frame stretcher behind the cylinders is also a Bonds casting. Fayette is a nice loco and runs well. Hope you manage to complete it.

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29 November 2018 at 15:42 #382914
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29 November 2018 at 16:10 #382920
Brian G
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The 2.5 inch association say they can provide copies of the build series. I don't know if joining might be cheaper than buying the magazines, and of course if you aren't a member of a local club they might be able to help with boiler testing and advice. **LINK**

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