gunrunnerjohn posted:Why the large funnel for the whistle smoke? Does that just seal against the top of the boiler shell?
Sorry John I thought you mentioned the main smoke unit and missed the "Whistle Smoke" part reading the comment.....which is pretty obvious.... I removed that comment. 
That funnel has a top plate with a spout that goes through the shell for the whistle steam. (You can kind see it in the 3rd photo to the right on the blue mat, its black) and to my surprise its a cast piece and not plastic. The part is used on the ESE Hudson.
I believe that the whistle detail part sits in that same hole. The whistle detail part has a hole in the middle of it to get your steam feature. You can probably see it if you look it up on the parts site. I had removed it because that spout will not end up in the same location where the whistle is and fitting the shell for testing.
I plan on getting a strip of brass and capping that large funnel, then locating where I want that spout to end up in the end.
Ill go into more detail when I get to that part soon. 
