For anyone who has been following this thread, what we have been discussing are the plans for a single cylinder air blast diesel. I happen to have a set of original works drawings for a Sulzer which are very rare. To my knowledge no one has built a model of a working air blast engine. There was one that came very close and was written up in Model Engineer a few years ago. I spent many years researching these engines and have seen most of them on location. There would not be more than twenty of these engines where half are in Germany, three in Denmark, one in Sweden, one in the UK and two in Australia.
The engine the drawings refer too is located in the UK and the engine is in pristine condition with very few running hours. It was purchased in 1903 and was intended to provide backup power. When WW1 broke out, it was considered inappropriate to have a German engine so it was removed and put into storage and replaced with a British engine. It now resides in a museum in Wales.
My engine (based on a Danish engine) was never completed as my situation changed such that I had to dispose of my workshop so it sits there three quarters finished.
I have attached a couple of photos.
Bruce W-S
Bruce
The engine the drawings refer too is located in the UK and the engine is in pristine condition with very few running hours. It was purchased in 1903 and was intended to provide backup power. When WW1 broke out, it was considered inappropriate to have a German engine so it was removed and put into storage and replaced with a British engine. It now resides in a museum in Wales.
My engine (based on a Danish engine) was never completed as my situation changed such that I had to dispose of my workshop so it sits there three quarters finished.
I have attached a couple of photos.
Bruce W-S
Bruce