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Title: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Fowellbox on August 10, 2017, 10:23:40 AM
This picture was taken a few years ago when both engines were in steam for boiler inspections.

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Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Tennessee Whiskey on August 10, 2017, 10:43:37 AM
Just beautiful. Extraordinary work.

Cletus
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Ye-Ole Steam Dude on August 10, 2017, 12:08:28 PM
Just beautiful. Extraordinary work.

Cletus

I agree with Cletus.
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: scalemodel on August 10, 2017, 01:10:39 PM
Hi there you have built 2 very nice engines there!!!

Do you still have the patterns for the fowell-box

Jonathan
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: ShopShoe on August 10, 2017, 01:52:32 PM
Incredible. If I was seeing them in person you probably couldn't get me away from them for a very long time. The next greatest thing to owning the full-size version.

Thank you for posting.

ShopShoe
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Fowellbox on August 10, 2017, 02:47:42 PM
Hi there you have built 2 very nice engines there!!!

Do you still have the patterns for the fowell-box

Jonathan

Hello Jonathan and thanks for your kind comments. Unfortunately the patterns for the Fowell-Box went with the model when I sold it some years ago and I have no idea what happened to them.
I still have most of the drawings but they were done the old fashioned way with paper & pencil.
Brian
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: b.lindsey on August 10, 2017, 02:52:00 PM
Simply beautiful Brian. Must have been hard to part with but hope it found a good home :)

Bill
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: scalemodel on August 10, 2017, 06:29:23 PM
Hi Brian thanks for the information it's a shame you don't still have them as I've built 2 big scale engines and said I wasn't going to do anymore big ones but something like that fowell-box would be ideal.

Jonathan
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: scc on August 10, 2017, 07:12:06 PM
I agree with all the previous posts......beautiful engines.  I love Marshall rollers anyway so a treat to see.  Thanks for the pictures.       Terry
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Fowellbox on August 14, 2017, 03:18:11 PM
I've just found a picture of the casting patterns for the Fowell-Box. They were all home made from ply and MDF. The foundryman said that it was very rare for patterns to be painted the correct colours and his only critisism was that there could have been a bit more draft on the gears, but he managed to make an excellent job.
Had to do this as an attachment for some reason!
Brian
Title: Re: Marshall Roller & Fowell-Box Road Locomotive.
Post by: Fowellbox on September 02, 2018, 03:18:42 PM
Further to the Fowell-Box engine,I've decided that my next model will be another Fowell-Box but in 1 1/2 to the foot scale, i.e. half the size of the one in the picture, mind you, I reckon there is about another 2 years to go on the Burrell Boydell but, you have to plan ahead!
I've already drawn up the plan for the hind wheels, to be cast in iron by the same foundry that did the previous castings, so need to start pattern making!
Brian

I'll put posts about the Fowell-Box on a new thread in future.
Brian
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