Building The Little Samson 6 Inch Scale Traction Engine

Building A 6″ Scale (Half Full Size) Little Samson Traction Engine In Thailand

My one mission in life is to build a large model steam traction engine and drive it from our house here in Pak Chong, Thailand, to the local “pub”.

This is one big undertaking and I understand that.

But bear in mind that the full size Little Samson traction engine is small compared to say a Fowler or a Foster.

The 6″ Little Samson is about the same size as a 4″ scale Foster or Fowler.

Here is a simplified comparison table:-

I just knocked that up in five minutes and although the dimensions are comparable the weights certainly aren’t. I’ll have to look into the weights in a bit more detail because they don’t ring true to me.