The last day for shipping items before Christmas is Dec 20th for standard and the 21st for Express. Please make sure you placed orders in advance of these dates for the best chance of them being shipped before Christmas. On the 20th of Dec we will shut down production over the Christmas period. You can still place orders but they will not be shipped until the New Year. We will also still be responding to messages although it may take us longer than usual to do so. We will start back up on the 2nd of January, but it may take a couple of days for items to start shipping. Thank you to everyone who has ordered from us over the last year. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Daniel and Jessica
Due to the new GPSR regulations that will come into force from the 13th of December, we will no longer be shipping to the EU and Northern Ireland. Sadly the time and cost of setting this up is cost prohibitive.
A scale model of an egg-end boiler, also known as an egg-ended boiler. This design of boiler popular during the 19th century, and our model represents a prototype of length of 30ft and diameter 5ft 6in.
Egg-end boilers used an external heat source below the boiler, meaning that they were a simple design. However, they were less efficient than later fire tube boilers. After replacement with more modern designs, many egg-end boilers were used as water storage tanks. This even includes use as water towers for steam locomotives!
This model would be at home in many industrial scenes, whether in use as a boiler, in later use for water storage, or abandoned and rusting away outside. The model would also suit an industrial museum scene, and preserved examples can be found at locations like the Beamish Museum and the Black Country Living Museum.
This model comes as a simple two-part kit, with the top and bottom halves needing to be glued together. Assembly instructions can be found here. Several connections exist in the top of the boiler barrel, to which steam and water pipes could be added, to enhance the model.
