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A large collection of machined parts, unmachined castings and commercially built boiler for a 3 inch scale Burrell agricultural engine to the Plastow design.

This one has come to us from a long time customer, a man who has built many models in a variety of scales over the years - the last time we met was up at Beamish Museum, we'd taken the 3 ton Wallis tractor, he was running his 4 inch scale traction engine.

Advancing years have now decided him to thin out the larger of his projects; now in his ninth decade he's decided to concentrate on the stationary steam and model aero engines in his collection.

Work to date is to a good standard and comprises:

• Commercially built silver-soldered copper boiler by Bishop-Ellis
• Crankshaft machined and fitted, complete with eccentric sheaves and straps
• Hornplates profiled and fitted to boiler
• Commercially machined gears, including differential
• Smokebox assembly with door, chimney saddle and perch bracket
• Front and rear axles
• Set of front and rear wheels, painted and lined
• Cylinder block, piston and rod
• Machined flywheel
• Commercially machined expansion link with part-machined eccentric rods
• Brass tender
• Grate and ashpan
• Quantity unmachined castings