well we had to get one sooner or later wilf!!!! you would at least think they would use a steam loco instead of a motor bike!!!find em and ban em. Ian barker ...
Hope we do not get any more If I want to join a group I will. We are all big boys and girls and we do not need people to join us. ... think they would use a...
Hi Ray Just got back from a 10days away. I sent an email from my sons saying this but not sure if you got. I will contact you in a day or so. ... From: Ray...
A Merry Christmas to everyone in the Sweet Pea group. Hope that once again in the coming year I have the chance to meet up with some of you. All the best Wilf...
The same back to you Alan and to everyone else here a wonderful Xmas and a prosperous New Year, I yope you all find all the peace, love and happiness you wish...
The same back to you Wilf , that's what my first mesage should have said, just being lazy with copy and paste!!! I hope everyone else here a wonderful Xmas and...
Hello and a Happy New Year to all I have been lurking in the background for some time. I am considering doing a Metre Maid - Sweet Pea's big sister. However,...
Hi Richard, The Metre Maid will go into an estate car but is "darned heavy". It takes 2 men to lift my sweet pea and having helped move my friends Hunslet, it...
Hi The major difference between a Sweet Pea And a Meter Maid are one axle and two wheels, so two men would do it....... Steen ... From: Dave Beaman To:...
Yes Meter Maid is 5 inch the 7 1/4 is William which looks very much like a hunslet. More so than Sweet pea because of it's size Wilf ... dose 7 1/4 gauge come...
That's where I got confused, my mate Hunslet. Sorry peeps. Dave. ... From: Wilf To: sweetpea-loco@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:33 PM ...
If a six wheel sweet pea is called a meter maid what is a six wheeled William called--- In sweetpea-loco@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Beaman" ... much ... move my...
Happy New year to you all, hope we get some good running in this year and we do not have any clubs with tracks under water and of course home's too. Do not...
I have the Sweet Pea and Sweet William drawings. There are 'alternative drawings' issued for the Metre Maid but those drawings do not exist for any 0-6-0...
Dear All, First let me wish you all a Happy New Year and a lot of good steam ! Now the questions to start the New Year . I've joined this forum few days ago...
The drawings show the gunmetal pistons to be machined to 1.500 inches which is the same as the bores. Can anyone please tell me what, if any, clearance should...
Hi Pierre Seasons Greetings to you too On my two locos, I have rivetted the angles to the stretchers and bolted those assemblies to the frames. I did this as...
... Figures I have for an 0-4-0 (i.e. standard) Sweet Pea are: front axle: 60lbs rear axle: 90lbs This does make the basic 0-4-0 rather unbalanced and I have...
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... From: Keith To: sweetpea-loco@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:06 PM Subject: [sweetpea-loco] Piston clearances The drawings show the...
Hello After Richard Armstrong & Pierre Courbouleix questions on weigth I wondered about how a 0-6-2 Meter Maid wouls look alike. So I tried to fit the rear...
Hi both I would assume that the difference between Bill's and my guestimate would be the fact my weight was including a boiler full of water (most of the...
Hi Keith I have no doubt that many will tell me I am wrong but this is my experience with 6 loco's (inc a Sweet William and Sweet Pea) to date since 1973 I...
I found that early from talkin to people, thet's why mine is an 0-4-2. Having driven both types, the 0-4-2 is so much more stable. ... From: bill purvis To:...
No probs Pete..... but just a curiosity, new years eve, celebrations etc, dare we ask what you were doing sitting on your keyboard.... Or was it you??????? A...
Happy New Year to all members in this group! Somebody please kick my ass to get me starting to build my Sweet Pea 0-4-2 !! In my workshop, for the last two...
Lines up his size 12 towards Aages rump!!!! ... From: Aage Westgardsronningen To: sweetpea-loco@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:21 PM ...
