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Fabrication almost complete and air tested of the manifold for my 3.5-inch-to-the-foot scale Koppel rack and adhesion locomotive. Made a pattern for the valve wheels and had Hildebran Designs cast the eight wheels this loco will need. Took a bit of patience to get the all the valve spindles to...

Recently, I bought 3 very old cast iron window sash weights on Ebay for a pittance. They arrived and were some of the worst looking castings I've ever seen. Sand and small pebbles still encrusted on the surface. Just wanted to take a chance that the iron was usable. Not much hope. But...

Just finished this project using Morrison and Martin castings and drawings. 55 hours to complete it and a couple hours to get the timing to work. Now on to the wagon.

Just finished building a 1/4 scale Gade engine using Martin castings. What is the consensus on best fuel to use? Any thoughts on an electric starter to save fatiguing my wrists?

I'd like to send out a big Thank You to Chris ("Vascon2196") and all the others on this forum who posted advice in helping Chris get his Ford engine running. This undoubtedly saved me a huge amount of time in constructing mine. I was able to avoid problems with valve seating, electrical...