[modeleng] Re: Flywheels pumps, etc

Now, to me, THAT would be a PERFECT holiday ----if I
could afford either!!

Al Messer

--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 10:24 AM 2/23/06 -0000, you wrote:
> >The "Fleet" Corliss will be the one for which Terry
> Fleet marketed the 
> >castings. - Jem
> 
> Jem,
>      Yes, and I tried for some time to get a set
> castings from Terry, but
> this was after he stopped offering them through ME
> and he wouldn't be
> bothered.  Peter Southworth (Southworth Engines)
> built one of the Terry's
> engines and won a dish at the MEX.  Peter then
> decided to do up a set of
> patterns to add to his own line and now sells what
> is essentially an
> identical engine (in cast iron and GM . . . uh-oh
> here we go again.)  Can
> you tell I also like large, complicated, model mill
> engines?
>       The Southworth castings are some of the best
> available but the
> Corliss set weighs in at between 26-30kilos,
> depending upon the version
> (single, twin, twin cross-compund, single or twin
> tandem compound) and
> carriage to the US approaches the cost of the
> castings.  Carriage is so
> expensive that for very few more $$ I could fly
> myself over there and
> collect them myself.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Harry Wade
> Nashville  Tennessee
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