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Atticman · Last edited by Atticman on Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:26 pm; edited 2 times in total

Just arrived is this nice little mastrand roller.

These were made in England, and i believe sold by Gamages a department store.
I think they date from just post WW2,
and are said to be the inspiration for Malins mamod SRs.

Now this one is a bit different to others I have seen,
as the steam exhaust doesnt go into the chimney,
which the observant will notice in this example is rather lacking. The pipe looks well done, and is pretty old, I would be surprised if its not original?

The other odd things are the flywheel usually has terrible "Mazak rot" but this fly is pretty near perfect. Im SURE it is Mazak though The frame has a crack on it, so looks like a bit of Mazak rot there.

no burner, and it looks like the boilers been repainted, the brass straps are missing. However it has been fired a few times since repainting

The other thing is the "scuttle" is all brass, not painted , most oddly screwed and nuts in a few places. But rivetted (well) in others. Could this be a replacement maybe, though goodness knows why. The wheels also have different bolts to the ones Ive seen before as well, they are the "locking" type ones, nylock i think they are called, not sure these are original, and the fly is usually painted red.

Having whetted your appetites, all i can show is the ebay listing,
my cameras out of batteries

!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP...RK:MEWNX:IT&item=280359819675
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Manxman · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:39 am Post subject:

Oh so unfair. Get that camera sorted. We need pics.

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Sandman · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:07 am Post subject:

Looking forward to seeing the pics Tom.

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Graham-Jilly · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:05 am Post subject:

always the way when you need the camera the batteries are dead

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Mamodman123 · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:37 pm Post subject:

Where are the pictures Tom?

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Manxman · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject:

Sandman · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject:

Atticman · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

At last have sorted them out!!

Looking carefully the circular area of this brass isnt well cut, it must be a replacement, though why??

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MamodFan · Hero Steamer Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 1555

The fireboxes are usually steel or aluminium depending on which version you have. I've not seen a brass one before but screw construction is not unusual on the later ones and the Kit built ones.
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xlchainsaw · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject:

that sure is a nice roller.

i like it!

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johnreid · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject:

I believe one could make a suitable chimney with little to no effort
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IndianaRog · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject:

Wow, nice example and certainly a chunky beast. The Mamod TE might have been modeled off the Mastrand, but it was lightened considerably in the process.
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Jay_Minor · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:53 pm Post subject:

if it helps, heres some photos of mine

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