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Thanks for that. It won't be doing any work just running for my pleasure. And that is a nice looking engine. There seems to be s many beam engine to make I may have to give up building motorcycles. Lol.

Thanks for the replies guys. I have a compressor in the workshop which goes thru a regulator so have plenty of air supply at low pressure. May do a bit more research on boilers before the build, but got to build the engine yet. I was looking through the plans on this site and found some CAD...

Hi, I am totally new to steam models so have probably a really basic question. I want to build a grasshopper beam engine, what I want to know is can this be powered by compressed air or do I need a boiler? If I need a boiler will Tubal Cain's Polly or Elizabeth boiler be enough or will I need...