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Doll overtype resto
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Freespawn


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:19 pm    Post subject: Doll overtype resto Reply with quote
hi all here is what i have been upto for the last 24hrs

from this



To this



just need to find a weight for the safety valve.berner and a boiler drain tap and its done
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
WOW. That looks great. Nice work you done there. Cant wait to see it run.      
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice, it's getting there

Mind you the boiler may have been blued originally but the parts you need occur from time to time on German ebay
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice work
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WoW!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A 100% improvement, well done.  
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
a great way to spend 24hrs and a great result too, well done indeed
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
that is one very nice engine you have done a great job.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A tremendous improvement.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That looks so nice, well done  
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Sorry, lads, I beg to differ. Repainting, to my mind, does not improve vintage steam engines (this does not mean I want to criticize your individual effort here, a general observation...). No offence intended, but, as the old Romans used to say "de gustibus non est disputandum" (there is no use in argueing about matters of individual taste...).
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yussufhippo wrote:
Sorry, lads, I beg to differ. Repainting, to my mind, does not improve vintage steam engines (this does not mean I want to criticize your individual effort here, a general observation...). No offence intended, but, as the old Romans used to say "de gustibus non est disputandum" (there is no use in argueing about matters of individual taste...).

if it was left in the condition i got it in it would have rusted away it had all of its paint removed (not by me) and needed sorting out as 2 of the boiler inserts had fallen off and were rattling around inside the boiler and the steam pipes had been badly solderd in so it needed the work doing
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That Looks Really Nice !

Hope You Find The Parts You Need
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yussufhippo wrote:
Sorry, lads, I beg to differ. Repainting, to my mind, does not improve vintage steam engines (this does not mean I want to criticize your individual effort here, a general observation...). No offence intended, but, as the old Romans used to say "de gustibus non est disputandum" (there is no use in argueing about matters of individual taste...).


How come you quote the romans but the quote is french.  
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