Drawings for a 2″ Portable ?

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Can anyone direct me to a source of such drawings, 2" or 3" ?

Thanks

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

John Haining's Ransoms which you should be able to find in old MEs

Or double up the more true to original 1.5" Marshall by Bill Hughes again in ME or from Reeves

Same question was on TT forum the other week here

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Another option would be to take the mechanical part of Anthony Mount's Garratt semi-portable and drop that onto a boiler and wheels which is basically what Garrett's did though I think they started with a portable as can be seen on Graces. Drawings were in ME and it suits a 4.5" dia boiler as is but could be adjusted to what size tube is available in the scale you want.

Main thing with a portable is that the backhead, wrapper and throat plate are all on view so you will need to decide how to deal with the rivits – rivited boiler – dummy rivits in copper boiler – or clad the firebox with a fake but detailed exterior which l;eaves you free to do the boiler as you want.

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