January 2003 - August 2004

RESTORING A 1929 MECCANO STEAM ENGINE

Starting work

Manufacturing cover 1

Manufacturing cover 2

Cleaning and reassembly

All the required parts to build a 1929 Meccano steam engine!

I totally stripped down all parts and polished all the Brass with Brasso.

I sprayed the boiler mount plate with "Fordson Blue" which gave me a pretty good match.

The boiler gets pushed in from the top of the outer boiler cover.

I also dipped the brass bolts that joins the boiler cover and base plate together in ammonia.

The steam inlet and exhaust pipes screw onto the steam block.

Done!

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