Recent content by Stanleyhopeful

Hi taterfarmer, thanks for your input. You mention 2 boilers you made, how do I find them? Are they monotube? I'd be keen to see them. Thanks, Owen.

STANLEY STEAMER STYLE BUGGY Hi Team, I was inspired some time ago by a Richard Smith designed and built “Educator” Buggy. The idea was to have education students produce a very low cost buggy to acquire mechanical skills, so the “Educator” was born. There was minimal instruction in providing...

Hi Pierkemo, yes, the Phantom was designed to be similar to early American locomotives, however I have made cosmetic changes to reflect trains I watched in the mid 40s as a small child. So mine cosmetically looks more like a New Zealand "A" locomotive, circa 1910, which I completed in 2010, just...

Hi Steve, thanks for your interest. I'm struggling a bit to find my way around this site so hope my posts will be appropriate. The self-styled Stanley buggy idea came via a 1903 Stanley and a 1967 Smith "Educator" buggy. Having a very limited budget a discarded mobility scooter was dismantled...