Archive for The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum The Original Toy Steam Forum Established 2006 The biggest, most popular global steam forum around! Accept NO imitations! We have a growing community of regular posting members who chat about all aspects of toy and model steam.          The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Meet the members! Pineapple11 Hello Everyone Hi everyone, I'm Alex, 16, and just got into this steam malarkey about a year ago after my Grandad gave me his Mamod fire engine. Since then I've got the fire engine cleaned up and run it regularly, and also I acquired a nice TE1a off ebay a couple of days ago. I'll try and get some pictures up later if anyone's interested, but for now anyway I'd just like to say hi to everyone   The Denying Dutchman  from the Netherlands. magpie38 a big welcome from north east england zzubnik A warm welcome from another Norfolk steam chappy! Freespawn welcome to the forum benchmark Danish greetings to you and welome to the forum. Pete the steam from the land of Robin Hood. Stitch1615 From Florida USA.     Dave S to the forum from South Yorkshire Swift Fox to the forum Alex. IndianaRog Hi Alex, welcome aboard from Indiana, USA Les Hello and welcome to the forum.     We are always interested in seeing pictures of steam engines.   m8dave Welcome Alex and we would love to see  your engines Sandman A big Scottish welcome to the forum Alex. mrborinator Hi Alex, welcome aboard from the Netherlands. Rob. kevininasia Hello and welcome to the forum Alex, from Singapore. Nice to have you along with us. Woe is me HOWDIE Alex, if your serious about steam, you won't regret joining.                                                                                                         Steam On,  Tom. colin Welcome to the forum Alex from Stockton-on-Tees Steamfan Hello and   from Illinois! Pineapple11 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone  Got around to getting some pictures, had to be quick as the battery's kept running out, hence the lack of quality. I'll try and get some nice outdoor photos at the weekend with natural light, unfortunately I can't do it in the week as when I get back from school these days it' already dark. Anyway, here's the TE1a, brought off eBay for £50 last week: And the fire engine, which for some reason appears slightly more pink than red in these photo's. I assure you though it is bright red in person.     dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 Hi there and a friendly   from Germany, Alex. Referring to your nice engines, you couldn´t have come to a better place than this forum . All steam related questions might find an answer here. cheers Joe Sandman Very nice, Alex. mogogear Welcome fellow "Malarker"       Pineapple11 Question I do have one small question everyone; I'm looking to start saving for a Mamod stationary of some sort, a small one like a Minor or a SE1. How much should I expect to pay for one of these in a decent condition? Soulfly Hello and a warm welcome for oz Steamboat Willie Hello Everyone! I'll second what Soulfly had to say, but from Canberra, Australia. Got a good start to a great collection there! Steamboat Willie. pauly Thtas a really nice looking TE, no scuffs or nickes and the paint looks very deep and shiny. Really nice example there! Les Nice TE but the fire engine pictures do not show up any more.   Pineapple11 Les wrote: Nice TE but the fire engine pictures do not show up any more.   Hmm, must of deleted them by accident, they weren't very good though, I'll try and get some better ones up. And about the TE, I ran it for the first time on meths today instead of tablets, and, wow, it was mad! On full speed it was shaking so much the whistle started to unscrew itself   Can anyone answer this question I posted earlier though; Pineapple11 wrote: I do have one small question everyone; I'm looking to start saving for a Mamod stationary of some sort, a small one like a Minor or a SE1. How much should I expect to pay for one of these in a decent condition? Also, without wishing to start a civil war, can someone give me a definitive answer as to whether deionized water is safe to use or not. dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 As we found out after a very hot discussion , every kind of pure water is ok as long as it keeps no  lime scale building ions  in it. Every kind of "pure" water´s ok. dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 As we found out after a very hot discussion , every kind of pure water is ok as long as it keeps no  lime scale building ions  in it. Every kind of "pure" water´s ok. N O tap water but - deionized water - destilled water. - water from condense driers - cooked and filtered  rainwater. Any source of pure water I have forgotten to mention ??? cheers Joe Pineapple11 dampfmaschinenjoe 1967 wrote: As we found out after a very hot discussion , every kind of pure water is ok as long as it keeps no  lime scale building ions  in it. Every kind of "pure" water´s ok. N O tap water but - deionized water - destilled water. - water from condense driers - cooked and filtered  rainwater. Any source of pure water I have forgotten to mention ??? cheers Joe Thanks for the info, after reading some things on the internet I was worried I was destroying my boiler. simon hudson Hi and welcome   barry1946 from "Bonnie Scotland" St. Paul steam Hi Welcome Alex   sarfraz A big welcome from Australia longbowman Hi Alex A rather late welcome to the forum from sunny Gisborne, New Zealand. Steve        The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Meet the members! 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