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STEAMPROPULSION
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i INTRODUCE MYSELFHello to all members.
I will introduce myself, if a bit late, after having barged in your site a couple of times.
But I have been watching you guys a lot before, remaining in the shade.
I have got to know some of you, little by little, after reading your replies, comments, watching your pics and movies.
I decided to come out of the shade now, because I thought that your club, though much attended by "Mamodians", would suit me well anyhow.
My start with steam is dated long time ago, after I had become an architect, and started earning money.
I decided that the first thing I should do was buying what my father could not allow himself buying for me, but that I knew that children of rich fathers had: "Il motore a vapore". Actually we were not that poor. But my father had decided that he wanted all his five children attend an university. So he did, and I had to wait a long time for my first steam engine, a Mamod Marine Plant, which I still have, of course.
What a coincidence!
I started my model steam addiction, meticulously digging in and raking in all toys stores in Torino, Italy, my home town where I still live.
Actually I did not find much in these toys stores, besides a Meccano steam engine.
Model Boats Magazine and Model Engineering Magazine were a great source for updating my knowledge on Steam engines, English being my second spoken language; Ancient Greek and Latin were not much of help, but French and German played also their roles in my continuous searching and updating on this subject, at the fairs, in my steam travels.
The real revenge came when I set a commercial activity related with steam.
It had been a hopeless effort as the channels of communications were rare, expensive and with lack of success. No dedicated magazines, no dedicated fairs etc.
But I had my share of fame and success even if not commercially. After ten years I quit this adventure, but what has been done in Italy - a steam waste land- about steam, I hate to admit it, is all due to me, and the results can be seen now, after many years.
I spent a lot of time licking the wounds of my unsuccessful steam adventure, without being relieved by seeing other more important firms than mine, gradually disappearing from the market or by having personally met all the Who's Who of model steam.
My collection of model steam engines (and books) is what is left of my commercial steam adventure and it is also the result of my personal interests in this field.
I have never counted them. I will do this before I die. What I showed is really a minor part.
I have a workshop with all sorts of machinery which I use to restore engines, or to make them work (untested Ebay jobs) or to machine them from castings: a Bridgeport Milling Machine, a Cortini milling machine, a big Emco lathe, etc.
Unfinished projects? many, of course.
New projects? Finishing the old projects.
There is always something weird and/or unreal in virtual communications.
If you happen to plan a holiday trip to Italy you are a welcomed guest.
If you happen to plan a steam pilgrimage trip to Italy you are a more than welcomed guest.
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tmuir
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Hi, and Welcome from Australia.
Although this forum's roots are in Mamod steam engines its expanded well beyond that and we are interested in all brands, especially ones we don't know about.
My interest has 2 areas.
Anything toy steam made in Australia and G and O scale live steam locos, although I've decided to stick to just G scale now I'm sure I will probably end up getting another O guage live steam loco at some point.
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Steamfan
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Hello and  from Illinois.
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MooseMan
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Fascinating....even though I'm 50% Italian (my family is from S.Terenzo, small town near La Spezia) I know nothing about Italian steam.....I'd love to hear more about that. Welcome!
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Les
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Hi and welcome to the forum. 
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johnreid
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Welcome from Indiana USA
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Sandman
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Hi, and a big Scottish welcome to the forum.
You'll find that we're a friendly bunch here, with an insatiable curiosity about all things toy steam.
I look forward to some very interesting steam chats with you in the future.
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Atticman
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Hi and welcome,
No worries about barging in, we are a friendly bunch, and its great to see your postings.
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Steve_S
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Welcome to the forum! 
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Alf
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dervard94
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Welcome from Bournemouth
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Jay_Minor
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Hi there and welcome from Southampton UK
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Bugsy
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A big welcome from Sweden!
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Dragon
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And A slightly belated welcome from the volcanic mountains of S W London (England).
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kusuchi
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A warm welcome from Richard and Andrew in the US Virgin Islands.
Although our collection is fairly diverse, we have become increasingly attracted to marine steam. Can't think why? 
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rangerssteamtoys
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WELCOME TO THE FORUM
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Graham-Jilly
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welcome from Australia
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ozsteamdemon
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Hi there , another big warm welcome from the land down under .
I too subscribed to Model Boats for many years , a great magazine .
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Wallace
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Welcome to the forum. Also from Aussieland
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prid
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Mamodman123
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Welcome to the forum
MM
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Kritika
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Hi and welcome to the forum from the south of England
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mogogear
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Off on vacation..back now...so a belated welcome to you and congrats on your nice Arrow launch build!
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barry1946
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Hi, a warm from Bonnie Scotland.
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steamyjim
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Welcome to the forum
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jakesm
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belated from the southern tip of africa
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madeinenglang
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Compound
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From Yorkshire, England
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kevininasia
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Welcome from Singapore!
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