James
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Getting there...Bloody hell! Getting ready for STIA is a bugger!! I'm cleaning my engines but can't make them look too good because I got so many to do 
So far I've done:
Flatbase linshaft x2
1946 SE1
1948 SE2
1949 SE2
Taking ages!
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James
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Just steamed the D16, despite having a crack in the sight glass, and small leakage from there it does actually work.
The Wilesco Roller won't be in action tomorrow, as I dropped it and bent the axle 
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Lewis
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all i have to clean is my sp6 
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James
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Lucky sod!
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Lewis
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better get polishing then james
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James
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Aye, just taking a break.
I'm affraid they ain't up to SM quality, but if I spent all day on 1 it would be
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Lewis
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aye my sp6 i can only polish the boiler really the other bits like cylinder block/valve chest are hard to get round plus i cant take it to bits
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James
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Aye, I can't be arsed with the fiddley bits, just the boiler, cylinder and that
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Lewis
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i may try the crome sides on the sp6 see if they polish at all
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James
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Aye
Done:
D22
D16 (can't be arsed to do owt with it)
SP1
SE2a
MM2 (my first)
Wilesco roller
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Steely
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Well besides after about 10 minutes of steaming they are going to look dirty again. Mine aren't to SM or Mike standard either, but they look presentable. 
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James
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Aye mine do.
If anyone has any engines with stained boilers or burnt boilers, take them, and I will clean them. The SP1 boiler was proper bad burnt, took like 30 mins brassoing and got nowhere. Put some of this stuff on it and came off in seconds!
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Steely
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| James wrote: | Aye mine do.
If anyone has any engines with stained boilers or burnt boilers, take them, and I will clean them. The SP1 boiler was proper bad burnt, took like 30 mins brassoing and got nowhere. Put some of this stuff on it and came off in seconds! |
And what exactly is this "stuff"?
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James
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Burnishing compound
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Sandman
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Guys. are you saying I've got shiny engines??
Never.
Roll on tomorrow. (I'm in Stoke now all ready for tomorrow.)
See you there. 
PS I've brought plenty of spare Brasso.
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James
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SM!! Just as I started writing this, the song "Mr Sandman" came on windows media player Scary
Your engines are like mirrors dude!
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TE1A_man
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Like chameleons... in front of a mirror of coarse.
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James
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Just this minute finished the last of the cleaning
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