The color scheme I chose has been seen on a very beautiful French engine on the Dorset Steam Fair, 2013. The historic originals were mostly painted in dark colors, as they tended to get quite dirty. I feel it makes the engine look more modern. My choice of color is reddish brown, but I'd also love to see it in earth orange. I've created a water tanker to go with the steam roller, which could also serve as slurry tanker on the farm. So here it is: pave the road after the demolition guys are finished, pull heavy loads on the construction site, or just lead the centennial parade in style! Watch the spoked wheels they work out nicely with real Lego bricks. However, to my knowledge there has not been a realistic rendition in Lego so far. They grew obsolete by the 1940ies, when they were superseded by diesel engines. That's funny in a way, as I have never really seen steam-powered ones.
From my childhood on, I have loved road rollers. Again, copyright information is provided at the bottom of the page.ģ.) The road roller. Originals can still be seen at steam fairs, as shown on the photo of the Marshall Sons Traction Engine. The wheels could also be red, and maybe spoked. My favorite color is green, although dark red also looks quite cool, and dark green would be a possible choice. The originals had a power ranging from some 20 h.p. The farm traction engine has a bigger cylinder to give you all the power you need. Use it on your farm to pull the plough or the harrow, or drive a threshing machine (I just couldn't stop building and made all these). It's the most stable, and probably the most playable of the designs. This is the prototype of the other models. I have created a hay wagon loaded with barrels of lemonade to go with this model, so it would complement the Lego fairground mixer 10244.Ģ.) The farm traction engine. The most common (and beautiful) color for this would be dark red, with lots of gold trim. For copyright information, please check at the bottom of this page. I have attached a photo of a Burrell showman's engine. Some of the Showman's Engines were brightly illuminated with electric lighting - this was a show in its own right! Sometimes you can still see engines like this, especially in England. Once set up, the engine was employed to drive the ride, either directly, or via the electricity generated in the on-board dynamo. Machines like these were used by traveling showmen to pull their carnival rides from town to town. I just couldn't decide which one I prefer, but since all of these variations are built around the same basic structure, I propose a set that allows building three different variations:ġ.) The Showman's engine. This is a fully functional, minifig-size model that can be built in a whole lot of variations. For easier driving, 'hand of god' steering is provided via the smoke stack. Check out the steering: the turn of the steering wheel drives a shaft around which a rope is wrapped, which in turn causes the front axle to swivel.
#STEAM TRACTOR PLANS CODE#
One last item, I would build a code boiler because you can sell it easier and get most, if not all of your money back if not make a little on it when you sell it.Fire up your steam tractor, and take to the streets of Lego City! Watch the piston move in the cylinder see how the power is transferred to the driving axle by chains and gears.
Ternings no longer has the 1/4 scale castings I know who bought them from him but castings are not for sale at this time. There are many 1/4 scale sawmills around that were built to complement the steam engine. You can operate anything with a 1/4 scale as long as it is also built to scale. I am considering a 3/4 ton but not because of the steam engine, but the fact that I can get a new F250 with the options I want for less than or equal to the same amount of money as a fully loaded F150, and also because I would like to add a truck camper. I have a 1/2 scale of a 65hp Case and I pull it with a 1/2 ton truck on a flatbed trailer. It will also fit on a small trailer or the bed of a pickup and you can tow it without having to buy an F350. BTW, a 1/4 scale one might not be able to run a sawmill, but it can drive around and pull a wagon.
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