[modeleng] Re: Flywheels pumps, etc
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:03:40 -0800 (PST)
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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