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| pauly |
HELLOJust thought Id say hello. I have been browsing this site daily for a couple of months and have finally got round to joining . My interest in steam started when I was little with thomas the tank engine since then I have loved all things steam. Over the years I have had many 00 layouts have have just started building a garden railway but my interest in mamod, wilesco and SEL steam engines started 3 years ago on my 13th birthday when I recieved this thing called a wilesco showman. I couldnt wait to steam it but when I did my young mind was completely overwhelmed by burning stuff to make steam this and the fact that I couldnt control the engine terrified  me so the engine was put back in the box and forgotten about for 3 years but a couple of months ago I found the engine in my cupboard put it on my shelf I wanted to steam it but decided I should start with something simpler the next day I was in my local model shop and saw up on a dusty shelf a mamod sp5D WITHOUT THE DYNAMO reduced from £120 to £100 I asked why it had been reduced and was told it had been there for 4 years so I bought it took it home and steamed it and I loved it I soon started buying more and more until I had 2 long shelves full which I now call the wall of steam. I now think this is 1 of the greatest hobbies in the world  .
sorry about the long post. |
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| Mamodman123 |
Hi and welcome to the forums!
A great story, and I like the SP5, it's a great engine! Pictures of your collection would be nice if possible  always good to see what others collect!
Have a great time here, i'm sure you will! MM |
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| James |
Welcome to the Forum!!
Your collection sounds great! what models do you have? Any chance of a pic?
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| pauly |
Thanks mamodman I love the sp5s to and I will post picture of the wall of steam shortly p.s. how do you put your avatar picture under your screen name. 
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| pauly |
thanks James I bought my TE1A off you.
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| James |
Ahhhh!!
Was that the one with the wrong level plug?? 
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| Les |
It sounds as if you have been bitten by the steam bug, it has happened to us all, pictures of the wall of steam would be nice and  to the forum from Bournemouth.
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| pauly |
how do you post pictures sorry unless you burn something to make it go I cant use it very well.
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| James |
Here's how you post pics:
www.postpics.piczo.com |
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| pauly |
sorryI dont have photo bucket  I will sort it out tomorrow.
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| Lewis |
welcome mate 
Join the club Cant beat an Sp5 nice n powerfull
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| pauly |
Thanks everybody I feel really welcome here, and trust me thats a rarity for me as I usually stick out like a cow in a bacon factory 
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| johnreid |
Welcome aboard, also, Photobucket is so easy to sign up to. | ||||||
| pauly |
Im sure it is but stuff like this is up to my father and he is busy rigth now besides Im so bad with computers Id proberly end up buying a car by mistake! 
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| Les |
Try and make sure it is a steam car then.
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| IndianaRog |
Welcome Pauly,
Sounds like you have a great start to a collection. When you get photobucket sorted we'll all welcome seeing your pictures. cheers from another guy in Indiana, USA Rog |
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| pauly |
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS just asked me dad and he was in the right mood another rarity, wow 2 in 1 night thats spooky. Antway here they are:
I already have a steam car
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| pauly |
couple more
Id like to use the last 1 as my avatar but dont know how also how do you scale down pictures
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| Steve_S |
Welcome to the forum Pauly. Don't worry about long posts... we like them. I see you're in Middlesborough... nice to have a fellow Teesider on here!
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| pauly |
mooseman may recognise my sel junior as it used to be his.
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| Les |
That is a nice collection, thanks for the pictures. 
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| pauly |
if you look closely in my 4th pic you can see I sleep directly ubder the shelves if we have another earthquake Ill sure know about it fast
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| Sandman |
Welcome to the forum pauly.
I've really enjoyed reading this thread. The steam bug is one we all suffer from here so your in good company and in the right place. I look forward to chatting steam with you. |
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| pauly |
thanks everybody sorry Im slow to respond to your messages Im just a slow typer  p.s. nice to know theirs a fellow Teessider on here.
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| Les |
That's ok, so am I.
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| Minor1PJG |
Nice collection Pauly.
Like your dog, I like Minor1's too
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| James |
Lovely Westie! I'm on with buying a working sheep dog at the mo
Great engines!! That TE! I remember it! I think! |
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| MooseMan |
Ah! Thought it looked familiar! Welcome aboard mate!
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| bessytractor |
welcome to the forum (well ive already welcomed you but what the hey, welcome again "doffs hat").
when you said you had James TE1A I was intrigued as floating around somewhere is a ex-Chantry TE1A with Bessy's (my name sake) old reversing lever! But its not yours...yours is red 
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| Mamodman123 |
Lovely collection there Pauly
With all those mamods you'll fit in here very well indeed
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| steamgranny |
Big welcome Pauly
No (steam) post too long
Great collection already & lovely Westie (excellent choice for avatar )
I used something called PIXresizer (free) to reduce photo but plenty of other free ones out there.
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| James |
I'm onto the Avatar
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| James |
Done
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| pauly |
thanks James you wouldnt believe it but hes only a puppy but he limps and acts like a 13 year old right old grump we actually bought him out of pitty he was being kept in an awful cage had been seperated from his mother to early and had very little human contact the guy we bought him off said he had had his shots and gave us the number of the vet who had gave them to him when we phoned the number said he had never worked on a westie and would certainly remember if he had because he was a cow doctor we soon phoned the RSPCA and they said they had had similir reports about the same guy he is now doing time for animal cruelty on a large scale alphie (thats the dogs name) also has a bone problem (probably caused by inbreeding) which is slowly destroying his leg bones its been sorted out in 1 leg but is now starting to effect the others he now walks with a limp and when running his back legs bounce up and down and when he runs down the stairs they dont actually touch the stairs they just sort of skim along them while balancing on his front legs whenever he makes an emergency stop on the stairs he always comes really close to doing a front flip its quite a sight hes also got a number of other problems caused by hs early neglect poor alphie sorry about that rant but thinking about what that guy did do him and his brothers and sisters makes me so mad  but hes now with a family who will love and take care of him hes even got a girlfriend at least hes doing better than me in that department
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| pauly |
Its a great little engine but theres 1 thing when I received it I found a little metal rod piece knocking about in the burner what is it |
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| tmuir |
Welcome to the forum from Australia.
Nice collection you have there. I notice your roadster has a small amount of dezincing on the front of the boiler, obviously caused by the previous owner. Make sure you use distilled water not tap water and empty the boilers and wipe the engines down after you finish running them to make them last. But I'm guessing with a collection that size you already knew that. Tony |
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| pauly |
thanks for the tips but the strange thing is I bought that engine near mint and when I got it I could tell it had only been used once or twice so how could dezincification have accured if it was only run once or twice I myself have only used it once and have no intention of doing it again awkward little bugger trying to put the lit meths tray in and ripped me jeans in 2 standing up after setting it off. I was at school an all but on the bright side I did get to go home early and spend valuable learning time messing around with my engines
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| flywheel61 |
I know this is a bit late, but another welcome to the forums from OZ. I really like your avatar, with the dog minding the MM. I know you'll enjoy the forums I do and there's lots to learn from some very knowledgeable people - I've learned heaps.
Cheers
Chris |
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| Wallace |
Welcome to the forums Pauly.
Very nice collection you have there
The pic of the dog and engine is fantastic
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| steamyman |
pauly.
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| MooseMan |
Must've been something left in it when it was made....I don't think I ever used that burner. |
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| paul_c |
Wecome Pauly and my son loves your engines and wants your wallpaper on his walls I am guessing it is no longer available
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| Griffin |
Welcome to the forum Pauly, a lovely collection of engines you have there. | ||||||
| toxx |
... a big welcome from Austria, Pauly! Alphie the Westie is one great little dog! I've got a Spaniel who (sometimes) listens to the name 'Xanto'.
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| pauly |
thanks everybody for welcoming me and paul-c no I do not think my wall paper is available any more as its been up for a couple of years | ||||||
| paul_c |
One less job for me
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| Dave B |
Hi Pauley, and welcome from western Canada!
Nice collection you have there, and a fine pup to guard it! |
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| pauly |
guard it? he would rather eat it the only reason hes looking at the camera is because I called him before that he was tasting it 
paul-c when I redecorate I will send you the wall paper but you may have to reasemble it
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| mogogear |
Welcome from to you from Oregon Pauly -Good luck on the garden railway!! Look forward to seeing your progress!! | ||||||
| pauly |
Thanks mogogear
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| Lewis |
like your sp5 by the way
even though it is one of the newer ones
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| pauly |
thanks from what I have heard on here they are not to popular and I can see why very poor build quaility in comparison to the earlier 1s 
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| Lewis |
aye thats the problem with them 
the new sp6 isnt that bad though |
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| pauly |
yeah but the control knob is right on top of the boiler I can imagine it gets quite hot and its made out of plastic all in all it looks a bit cheap to me  but its all about personal opinion
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| Lewis |
nah i have one and it aint bad
the plastic knob dosent get hot its only the metal which does |
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| pauly |
what about the plastic valve gear I have heard it falls apart after a couple of runs and it still seems a bit of a daft place to put the control knob | ||||||
| Lewis |
i have run mine loads of times and its fine not had a problem with it yet
some of the guys on here have seen it run as well at meets The valve gear isnt plastic its metal painted black
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| CCairns |
Mine got hot enough to come off the threaded valve assembly. Had to glue it back on. This was a problem with the early Mamod Williams as well, later ones have a brass knob which uses an 'O' ring around the outside which comes off instead! |
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| pauly |
oh thanks for the correction I think this is just what mamod need if they are going to compete with wilesco cant wait to see this new valve gear on 1 of there roller
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| Lewis |
mine hasnt done that yet you must have got it pretty dam hot
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| pauly |
now thats 1 thing I do hate the new william looks to toylike and that control knob where the whistle should be just looks wrong
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| CCairns |
I think it is a factor with too many air holes on the firebox side plates. I use 2 tablets in the SP5 burner, and it can end up as a towering inferno.
And looking at pauly's photos in this posting of his SP5 he suffers the same problems - look closely at his boiler for the evidence. |
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| Lewis |
i use three tablets in the bigger burners
leave a hell of alot of soot and those new crome sides tarnish really badly and really fast
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| pauly |
your right about that the flames do tend to come over the boiler | ||||||
| pauly |
the most tablets I have used in mine was 5 because I had attached a whistle to it and it couldnt make enough steam
sometimes I made to much steam and the whistle didnt work
it does not have a whistle any more |
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| pauly |
I dont use it much anymore but have kept it for sentimental reasons
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| Atticman |
Welcome to the Forum, youll get lots of great tips here. Can agree Lewises SP6 ran and ran at STIA recently, sounded and looked great
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| James |
That's because... it's a toy! |
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| pauly |
you know what I mean James it just doesnt look as good as the original mamods and I heard that the couplers are not compatable with older mamod stock.
Im sure theres a thread on here about it somewhere.
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| James |
True lad! I don't know much about the locos though
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| Mamodman123 |
Not to knock the William, but the older Mamod loco's are brilliant runners once you tweak them a bit
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| mc_mc |
Welcome to the forum. Wow 80 posts in just 4 days!
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| Les |
I think we are going to have another Nick.
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| pauly |
WOW I only started posting 3 days ago
probably because Im such a big blabbermouth
at this rate Ill be have broken the post counter by the end of april
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| pauly |
Whats a nick some kind of posting disorder
besides Im not a nick Im a paul much worse than a nick
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| Les |
This is a Nick. 5402 [2.53% of total / 44.64 posts per day] |
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| Nick |
Hello, my name is Nick, I have a posting disorder. I post too much on here.
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| Les |
But we love it all.
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| Nick |
Les, you're not far behind me.
You just didn't post as much when you first joined. |
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| Steve_S |
It's a common illness!
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| Nick |
How about this :
Total posts: 29699 [13.90% of total / 46.70 posts per day] Find all posts by Mamodman123 |
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| Les |
No, just two in the first month.
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| Nick |
I'm glad you started talking more.
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| Les |
My other half isn't.
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| pauly |
yes me and nick are both suffers of postistomuchism
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| pauly |
must post more
post post post post
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| Les |
First Nickitis and now this, postistomuchism.
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| pauly |
nick whats that thing you use for an avatar
see another side affect of postistomuchism
asking lots of questions |
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| pauly |
Hi nick hello Im pauly jacko I post to much on here |
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| pauly |
see
Im gonna stop cause its time to take my post reducing medicin a pint
thats another thing if you look at the times on all my posts you will notice that I never sleep
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| Nick |
It's just one of my steam engine accessories, a Weeden hammer. And I never sleep either.
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| pauly |
thanks for telling me that
been wondering what it was
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| Nick |
I don't know why, but it is one of my favorite accessories. Maybe because it was my first.
Here are some bigger pictures: 
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| pauly |
I want them all 
why has the weeden hammer have two fly wheels |
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| alan2525 |
Heheh! That comment made me smile! So the earthquake dislodges the safe so that bounces off your head and then for the aftershocks it's an assortment of various mamods bouncing off your bonce? I dont think mamods were designed with health and safety in mind - lots of nasty wee sharp edges! Heheh |
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| pauly |
know you see I dont want anything to happen to the models so in the event of an earthquake and they fall off my corpse will absorb the impact
I can just imagine that happening and god saying to me oh dear pauly the mamodairs appears to have fallen upon your bonce
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