andysleigh
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1980's merlin beckhi all
here i have a 1980's merlin beck live steam sm32 gauge steam loco
gas fired
slip acentric
internally fired
£350
(the green one)
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SPOKESMAN
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I like it very much - but I dont collect locos . . . well not live steam ones.
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SPOKESMAN
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Poss a few more detailed pictures for prospective buyers? 
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steamyjim
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its not regaugable to 45mm gauge is it
its inside framed so probally not but ??
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andysleigh
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no, i cant be regauged
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steamyjim
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OK 
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andysleigh
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i spupposed it could be, but it would be quite a bit oof work to do.
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steamyjim
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yes with the outside slip eccentric valve gear
and if you cock up you cant get spares fro them any more
i think there jolly nice though i like the merlin monarch (beck anna) its got a saddle tank
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andysleigh
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cool, just seen a pic of one, looks nice, theres a guy at my club whos good at fixing merlin beck's, he fixed mine a few months back,
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steamyjim
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i have pics of several differant ones in one of my garden railway books
did you no all merlin locos names started with M bit confusing sometimes as they used the same name twice or more for differant locos
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andysleigh
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no, i didnt know that.
i find the same thing with a guitar, i see one i like but its got the same name so i cant find it
lol bit off topic
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steamyjim
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just one of those facts i have picked up throught the years 
i have several useless facts
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steamyjim
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many came from the book of general ignorance
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andysleigh
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i-c
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steamyjim
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wat??
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andysleigh
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(I-see)
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James
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Proper English. Whatever happened to it? 
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andysleigh
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lol
it gone down d drain innit
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steamyjim
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nd i fort i dnt use gert proper enlish!!
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steamyman
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a good looking loco there.
Sman.
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tree ted
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| steamyjim wrote: | i have pics of several differant ones in one of my garden railway books
did you no all merlin locos names started with M bit confusing sometimes as they used the same name twice or more for differant locos |
Even the Merlin Hunslet Jim???
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James
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Merlin Beck? 
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steamyjim
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thats the company
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James
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Same difference...
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tree ted
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| James wrote: | | Merlin Beck? |
As Jim says the company Was Merlin Beck although strictly speeking it is a Beck loco imported from Germany by Tom Cooper.
Tom imported the locos in the early 80's ancd converted them from 45mm to 32mm for sale in England. Later Tom started the company Merlin and they used Beck parts to fit their own bodywork. Not until Beck whent pop did Tom start calling his company Merlin Beck although he never actualy bought out Beck as a company.
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Graham-Jilly
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Lovely engine there but we realy cant afford $850 plus postage  
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Boilertite
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I've now bought the Merlin Beck (Midas) from my son Andy so that he had the money to buy the Erdig loco which he has recently posted about.
So 'Hazel' stays within the family but is undergoing a s*x change and will become, after a repaint, 'Harry' - Named after my grandfather Harry J W Sleigh who started the family firm in the early 1900's selling sheet rubber and jointing for steam engines under the trade name 'Boilertite'.
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Minor1PJG
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Lovely bit of local family history there (Boilertite not Hazel/ Harry) 
See you at the next GMES steam up 
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