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A little spit and polish
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mc_mc


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:40 pm    Post subject: A little spit and polish Reply with quote
A month ago I was winning bidder on this little gem:


You may be thinking it's a little grubby, I certainly was...







But after some hard work it came out okay:









And low it came time to dirty it up again:

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Spokey


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great job - I love those brass flywheels and copper bands on the earlier models - nice to see it running to - as it should be.

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rangerssteamtoys


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the throttle the engine overall. Great restroation you did like the video too.
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Andy


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
great video really good reastration
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Mamodman123


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Came up well that one did!

Great addition!
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SillyBilly


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very well done.
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Stitch


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's come up real nice. Any trouble removing all the crud on the bottom of the boiler?
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Steve_S


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It looks very good.
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mc_mc


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Stitch wrote:
That's come up real nice. Any trouble removing all the crud on the bottom of the boiler?


No real trouble, just used brasso wadding and occasionally dipped it in liquid brasso to "recharge" it. Just applied elbow grease, it probably took about 3 hours in total.
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johnreid


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Real good Job. I really like that one.
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Dave B


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful! The vid is great, I just love to see these engines "poking along" at low rpm's. Great job!

Thanks for posting these!
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barry1946


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent job!
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Sandman


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice to see those old engines looking good and running great.

Excellent job. Well done.
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Cranko


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
looks good and runs great . well done
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Wallace


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent job MC. Very nice engine
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