Here are some pictures of my Major Beam engine, finally completed from castings which I bought in the mid 1980's from the old Henley on Thames ST firm.
On this forum I wrote up some aspects of the build, a long time ago, when I had done an unpainted trial assembly before stripping down for a very protracted painting procedure ...
https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php/topic,5941.0.html links through to the earlier write up, March 09 2016 (!)
Much of life in general, and some other fairly time-consuming model engineering projects then intervened. Finishing the Quorn grinder, ditto the ST Steam Hammer model, a Stuart T No 10, ( started in 1967...!!) : other tool making. I have written these thing up on this forum here and there. After the engine painting, which involved very much filling and making good, and then many brush painted and tediously rubbed down coats, the making of the plinth was the final larger part of the build.
Then the almost complete beam engine hung around in trays and boxes, unassembled, with scribbled notes about this and that to remind me of markings and things to take account of.
Ridiculous : but a sad recent event, the untimely loss of a younger member of the family, made me realise that manana was not a great way to proceed with this large model engineering project. So the remaining things to get done, pipework bending and flanging, some fasteners in period style, and sundries were tackled. The pump innards were sorted out too: it will pump feedwater , as I found out at the sink ...
Assembly was done rather slowly and carefully, unlike the unpainted putting together earlier, now there was paint to be chipped rather easily.
But it got done; the piston rings eased in to the cylinder assembly ( with a bit of difficulty), but OK once in. The engine turns over, by hand, quite freely and with no tight spots. Phew! Doubt that steam will be applied at any time by me, no means of it presently. Probably some oily air if I can arrange that.
I'm not that worried presently about a prospect of running it, just quite relieved to have it all together. And pleased, interested, to be able to see what the work over so long, the workshop hours, and years of procrastination, has brought about. Dave