Ahh well, it sounds as if you both have the experience and contacts. They are a nice roller, and still not that common. There was one at Guildford model weekend last year, the first I have seen for some time. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve crees" <stevecrees@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:12 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: 3.5" Simplicity steam roller Hi Allan We both are already members of Colchester Smee and this is his second attempt as he part built an Allchin abou 40 years ago also he is a toolmaker by trade and the boiler is copper other than that thanks for the info. Steve MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.