Anyone built the "friends models"/ Bill VanBrocklin single steam pump/ have plans?

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ChooChooChris
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Anyone built the "friends models"/ Bill VanBrocklin single steam pump/ have plans?

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I just bought the plans from friends models and it appears they will ship them instead of digital copies. Curious if anyone has any build threads they could share or opinions on this pump? Additionally if anyone has scans they would be willing to email I am bored at home waiting for this hurricane to pass and would love to waste some time studying them / plan out the tooling i need.
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Properly built, they run just fine. There are a couple of tricks shared with me by a builder of one on 1" scale

I am caretaker of one that is 40 years old and have updated CAD drawings for the 3/4 - 1" model.

....there are a couple of errors in BvB's originals.

I can print and email.

Will not send cad files
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Gonna shoot you a pm
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Assuming you want the small scale version....
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Yeah it’s going on a 7.5 gauge little engine 0-4-0
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Too small...

You want something larger.

Let me look to see what I have..
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You can plan and obtain materials using the drawings I sent

Suggest you wait for drawings from John K and see if there are significant differences
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