Back in the mid 90's I became keen on the idea of live steam locos running outdoors. At the time such things were well out of my reach but I have had a soft spot for them ever since. So on moving to Melbourne I decided it was time to dip my toes into the live steam world, hopefully without burning them.
Unpainted frames and spacers test assembled.
Chassis assembly coming along.
Much research was undertaken to make a good choice as to my motive power and at the same time what scale and gauge I would run. My reasoning was that I would only be able to afford one locomotive anytime soon so I wanted to make a good choice. With 7/8ths scale running on 32mm gauge the eventual choice and my preferences on locomotive style taken into consideration, it was decided to build a locomotive based on a Roundhouse Engineering chassis and boiler kits for "Billy" and a Simply 7/8ths "Henry" body kit.
With this decision made, and having saved my pennies, the chassis kit was ordered with some parts swapped out to suit my design preferences. The guys at Roundhouse Engineering were very helpful with this.
Chassis assembly completed.
On arrival I began the job of assembling the chassis taking particular care to make sure everything ran nice and freely at each stage before moving on to the next. This paid dividends when I was finally ready to test the chassis on air.
In the meantime I had started saving for the boiler kit and in time I was able to order this...
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