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RGS1000:
Having finished building a few Stuart stationary models I would now like to try my hand at building a steam locomotive, ideally a 31/2 gauge, so could do with a little help.

I am open to suggestions on which one to start with, fairly simple but still challenging and it needs to be one with accurate plans, reading the forums there seems to be a lot of mistakes in some of them.

I would also appreciate recommendations on books helping to build model steam locomotives and links to interesting build logs.

Any help and advice would be very much appreciated.

Joe

jeff l:
Have you looked at what Friends models has to offer ?Jeff

jmcyclist:
Hi Joe,

Pretty much universally accepted as the gold standard for first locomotive builds is the Pennsylvania A3 by Kozo. Village Press has the book (https://secure.villagepress.com/store/items/detail/item/844), and several members here have built them, and documented their builds very comprehensively. A current build-log is here: https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,8552.0.html.

The A3 is a 3.5" gauge, 3/4" scale locomotive, and Kozo includes extra instructions and documentation should one decide to build it in 1.5" scale (7.5" gauge).

Cheers!

crueby:
I would second the comment on one of Kozo's build books. He teaches a lot of great techniques and his diagrams are terrific. There were some issues with the earlier books and small errors, in the later ones he had a couple people build from them before they were published to work out any missed details. I built his New Shay and had no problems with the plans - it was a more complicated boiler shape than I probably should have started with, but it worked out fine in the end.
Chris

Steve17:
Even if you do'nt go for a Kozo drawn engine, his books are I think second to none, and well worth the investment.

Steve.

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