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From the very good index to ME I found the following re Oil Fired Boiler for Juliet

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Happy Reading

Hi Paul

Time has got the better of me I couldn't put the cutting of metal off any longer....I am progressing using copies of the original articles as well as bits from the Titch constructions series ...oh and a copy of LBSC's book Shop, Shed & Road.

Good Luck

Hi Neil

Here's my thoughts following the decision to start building a Juilet .....only because after starting out on a bigger engine the crashing realisation hit home ...I needed the experience of a small/ simpler one first ...and the Juliet castings were a bargin on e-bay

From my reading of the original LSBC articles Tich was a fully featured series designed for the beginer with all aspects of construction covered ...to the extent that they are published as a complete construction book.

The Juliet series were on the other hand constatntly refering back to previous construction projects , .and littered with phrases such as .."make these in the usual manner" .not very inspiring to a novice builder.

My current thoughts are that the Juliet is probably a better starter engine to as its bigger than Tich [read as easier for big hands] and can be built with different valve gear , coal or meths spirit fired boiler, and in different sizes !!

The down side is that there are no definitive construction books. Though I am using the Titch construction articles as well as the original Juliet and associated articles .

Good Luck

Update

I found a collection of Bound volumes of ME 1946 -51 ....so bought them.!

Now reading through them to put a build book together ....scan the pages enlarge the drawing and take a printout into the workshop to get grubby fingers all over .........all I need now is time.......

Any comments or advice on constructing Juliet will be appreciated.

Thanks

I have a collection of ME from the 1950's and am planning to build the Juliet in 3.5" gauge following articles in the 1952 edition "Juliet with Outside Valve Gear".

However LBSC in his usual style doesn't include details that have been previously published and refers back to the original articles published in 1946/7 "Juliet The 0-4-0 Side Tank"

I have been looking for 1946 and 1947 volumes ...so far with little luck at a reasonable price.

Does anyone know if the Juliet construction articles were ever published as a consolidated booklet ?

Many Thanks

Edited By The Novice Engineer on 23/02/2012 18:37:19