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3 1/2 inch GWR Prairie "Firefly" castings & drawings - stock code 9161

A set of new, unmachined castings from Reeves for a 3 1/2 inch gauge GWR small Prairie to Martin Evans' popular "Firefly" design.

Comprises:

  • Hornblocks - brass
  • Axleboxes - GM
  • Driving & coupled wheels - CI>/li>
  • Cylinder set - GM
  • Piston blanks - GM>/li>
  • Eccentric straps - GM
  • Pony & trailing wheels - CI
  • Smokebox door & ring - GM
  • Chimney - GM
  • Safety valve cover - GM
  • Handpump casting & tee - GM
  • Buffer heads & stocks - CI
  • Saddle - GM
  • Steel angle for buffer beams
  • Drawings (9 sheets)

If you need some inspiration to get cracking on the project (or if you simply can't wait and would like one of these "ready to go"), we've got a particularly good one in stock at the moment listed here.

gauge
weight/kg 13
wheel material cast iron
cylinder material gunmetal