dear old 'sweet pea' bless her!!

[stantheman]

Is there by any chance anyone that can post a brief outline of the cross section of a 'Sweet Pea' boiler as designed opriginally.

I have been given a whole set of parts for one, but no drawings. My own problem is deciding how the whole thing goes together, especially the arrangement between the forebox and barrel proper. A simple sletch would suffice, or a scanned version of that particular part.

Many thanks. Stan.

[cotswold]

May 7, 2008 8:54:39 GMT @stantheman said:

Is there by any chance anyone that can post a brief outline of the cross section of a 'Sweet Pea' boiler as designed opriginally.

I have been given a whole set of parts for one, but no drawings. My own problem is deciding how the whole thing goes together, especially the arrangement between the forebox and barrel proper. A simple sletch would suffice, or a scanned version of that particular part.

Many thanks. Stan.

I'm pretty sure that 'Sweet Pea' was serialised in EIM some years ago. There is a on-line index somewhere but I have lost the link.

[brozier]

Stantheman,

This is your lucky day ;D

I have just been given a set of 6 drawings for 5" gauge Sweetpea (inc boiler) they are a bit mucky but usable send us your address in a Private Message and I'll bung them in the post.

Cheers
Bryan

[stantheman]

PM sent this morning. Thanks for the help.

[jock]

The issues of EIM are as follows

3 5 October 1981 144 Locomotive Buckler Introduction
3 6 November 1981 167 Locomotive Buckler Frames and Stretchers
3 7 December 1981 196 Locomotive Buckler Horns Axles and Axle boxes
3 8 January 1982 232 Locomotive Buckler Wheels and Cranks
3 9 February 1982 260 Locomotive Buckler Springs and Coupling Rods
3 10 March 1982 299 Locomotive Buckler Connecting rods and Weigh shaft Bearings
3 11 April 1982 339 Locomotive Buckler Slide Slide block Reversing Stand
3 12 May 1982 377 Locomotive Buckler Cylinders
4 1 June 1982 9 Locomotive Buckler Cylinder Covers and Steam Chest
4 2 July 1982 37 Locomotive Buckler Cylinders
4 3 August 1982 74 Locomotive Buckler Piston and Rod Slide Valve
4 4 September 1982 122 Locomotive Buckler Motion Plates and Crossheads
4 5 October 1982 150 Locomotive Buckler Smokebox and Saddle Chimney
4 6 November 1982 175 Locomotive Buckler Boiler
4 7 December 1982 210 Locomotive Buckler Boiler
4 8 January 1983 246 Locomotive Buckler Boiler
4 9 February 1983 264 Locomotive Buckler Boiler Hand Pump and Axle Pump Steam Connections
4 10 March 1983 308 Locomotive Buckler Exhaust details Regulator Boiler Fittings Firebox
4 11 April 1983 342 Locomotive Buckler Firebox Lubricators Brake Gear
4 12 May 1983 376 Locomotive Buckler Brake Gear Drain cocks Saddle tank
5 1 June 1983 24 Locomotive Buckler Cab Details
5 2 July 1983 44 Locomotive Buckler Cab Details Boiler Fittings
Other related articles

October 1999 Jack Buckler A radical Approach to Hackworth Valve Gear Part 1
22 12 June 2001 Jack Buckler A radical Approach to Hackworth Valve Gear Part 2
23 2 August 2001 Alan Priddey A new design for an expansion link (For Sweet Pea)
Also there is the book
There is also a forum for SP
sweetpealoco.informe.com/index.php
Jock

[cotswold]

Slightly OT - But there is a mean and much modified 'Sweet Pea' that is regularly highly placed at the NAME NGIMLEC events. It has Bremme valve gear which has a similar action to Hackworth but uses swinging links instead of a slide-block.

[stantheman]

Perhaps I should have been a little more precise in my first message. I do only have the boiler kit for this locomotive. I had wondered if it would have any practical and interesting use as a stand alone boiler to create steam for a few display models. I had considered making a vertical boiler to serve the same use, but then this cut and part prepared kit came into my hands and I thought (?) why pay for more expensive copper when we have this on the bench.

So locomotive no, boiler maybe.

Thanks anyway for all the interest.
Stan.

[Chris Kelland]

Hi All,

May be of interest to you chaps, but this years Sweet Pea Rally is to be held at Oxford and I know that Brian Remnant will be there with his much modified Sweet Pea Bremme valve gear and all. Dates, June 7th & 8th. So far we have just short of 60 Sweet Peas, Metre Maids, Sweet Violets & Sweet Williams, should be interesting.




Chris.