[modeleng] Re: Mystery Model

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Julian.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TEL" <tel47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Mystery Model


> Won't work either way mate, you'll have to post it somewhere else & give
> us a link
> julianharrison7@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I had inserted a photo but will try to attach this time.
>> Julian
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <julianharrison7@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "models" <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:47 AM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Mystery Model
>>
>>
>>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>>> charset="iso-8859-1"
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>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I was asked last week to have a look at and renovate a small steam model 
>>> =
>>> for a colleague. We don't know the age but he remembers his father =
>>> showing it to him when he was under five years old. He is now 58. The =
>>> model has just reappeared when clearing out his shed. Steve does not =
>>> know whether his father built it or bought it. His father died many many 
>>> =
>>> years ago so its origin is a mystery. I wondered if anyone has any =
>>> ideas. It looks 'home'-built to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Everything on it is seized so it has been sprayed with liberal amounts =
>>> of WD40. This has removed some of the crub and started to make the brass 
>>> =
>>> boiler shine in the flash.
>>> The boiler and cylinder assembly are brass,. Flywheel is alloy and looks 
>>> =
>>> like Mamod but looks to be a later addition/replacement. Base and boiler 
>>> =
>>> stant are rusty steel. Bolts are all BA. Feed pipe looks to be brass =
>>> with a chromed union nut.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Julian.
>>>
>>>
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