Metre Maid

Hi, im looking for anyone selling used drawings for Metre Maid 5", any help gratefully received, cheers Trev.

Surely someone has some for sale!

Put and add in the Wanted Adds down the left of the page

Trevor,

A now deceased friend built a Metre Maid a few years back, but I dont know what happened to his drawings. I assume that you are plannning to build it. The point of this message is that he had a boiler made professionally by Helen Verrall and he had the design amended to a large flange on the site of the safety valves in the original design. He put a large tubular steam dome on the flange with the safety valves on top and a regulator valve at the back with a pipe leading down to the usual regulator position on this design. He reckoned that he had made a big improvement to the design with a proper steam dome rather than relying on the raised fire-box. Loco works ok, was donated as a club loco to Worthing & DSME. HTH and good luck. Try looking on internet for list of drawing errors - there are error lists for many designs.

John

Hmm I did a double take on that title. Obviously not made in Queensland.
Cheers

Thank you, I have put a ad on wanted about 2 weeks ago and still no luck ! Thanks John I will have a look, cheers Trev.

I suspect the actual number of people on the forum who have made a Metre Maid is probably very small (compared to, say, Rob Roy), then knock off any who want to keep the plans as a reference/keepsake or whose plans are now in a bit of a state and it may take a while for some to turn up.

I believe Blackgate's have the drawings for sale

Dave