A 4 inch scale Tasker "Little Giant" steam tractor, built up to a rolling chassis stage, along with a quantity of parts.
Work to date comprises:
- Commercially built steel boiler by Enterprise Engineering with material and welder's documentation
- Smokebox assembly with chimney and perch bracket
- Rolling chassis including wheels, axles and hornplates
- Commercially machined gears
- Machined cylinder assembly
- Crankshaft, connecting rod and flywheel
- Part-built brass tender
- Machined water pump
- Loose parts including belly tank, steering chains, expansion link, stainless steel grate, material for rubber tyres and rear springs
An attractive design, although rarely modelled - we've had one complete, running example in the last twenty years (there are some pictures and a video in the archive).
| scale |
4 inch |
| length/inches |
46 |
| width/inches |
21 |
| height/inches |
39 |
| weight/kg |
165 |
| wheel material |
steel |
| cylinder material |
cast iron |
| reverser type |
pole |
| boiler number |
2339 |
| year built |
1999 |
| boiler maker |
Enterprise Engineering |
| CE mark |
n/a - pre-2002 |
| boiler type |
locomotive |
| boiler material |
steel |