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Dampfzauberer · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: My "free" SEL engine

Bought this engine off UK ebay some time ago.
It came along with a wilesco TE.
I sold the TE to a UK member and I only paid the postage (of the SEL) to me...so this one can be stated as "free"

It was in a very sorry state.
Almost 80% of teh whole paint was gone.
Boier was badly resoldered and steam pipe and dome were broken off.
Also the gasifiers were missing, but as this forum is so great, a member helped me and made two repro's for me. Thanks again

I repainted the engine as good as I could.
The engine's base was originaly painted orange-red.
Is this a rare paint variation? I did not see such models before (just green ones)

Here are the pictures!

Before:

After:

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IndianaRog · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject:

Very nice restoration there Mirko, looks almost new!
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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

Well.... Nothings Free

Thats one serious transformation, it turned out great.
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Roly Williams · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

Red bases are less common than the green ones. I'm not sure if that's the original shade of red, though. The ones I've seen have been the same shade as the flywheel. Maybe some of them were a more orangey red.
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Dampfzauberer · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject:

Stilldrillin · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject:

johnreid · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:52 pm Post subject:

I was just looking at the red on mine, I believe mine is original so the color is very close IMHO

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rangerssteamtoys · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject:

Roly Williams · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject:

Mine's a very red red, the same as the flywheel:
http://rolywilliams.com/sel_standard.html
It's possible that different batches of paint were used.

Red paint is notorious for fading or changing colour with time, but you'd expect the flywheel to do the same. The paint on the bottom should be closer to the original, and that under the engine frames and firebox flanges should be almost as new.
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Dampfzauberer · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject:

Mine was as orange as Johns, also under where the engine sits

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MooseMan · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

Another great restoration Mirko - have you had it running yet? The SEL "standard" has to be my favourite SEL (it's the only one I kept

)

I've seen loads of colour variations....light green, dark green, deep red, orangey red. Even seen a couple of blue ones that looked original.
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Dampfzauberer · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

MooseMan · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

It's great you have the original burner - they are so often lost. Small word of caution: don't fill it all the way, as they often flare up very badly.
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Les · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject:

That is a great restoration Mirko, maybe it started its life green and was painted red later on. I only have the green based SELs', it would have been too costly to collect all the red based ones as well.

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RocDoc · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject:

Great restoration Mirko. Fantastic job.

Out of interest, how big is the displacement oiler?

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