Dauntless
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Prince Of Waleswell it arrived today, a great engine!
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Minor1PJG
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A real beauty 
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johnreid
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Will you call it Chuck for short?
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MTA
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What a blinder
A superb purchase there Paul, now to the all important question:
Will you fire it? 
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Les
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Nice. 
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Andy
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real nice engine
hope you fire it
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Dauntless
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will I fire it?
probably not as its unfired and as its 27 yrs old unfired I will probably just leave it as is and display it on my shelves
to be honest I dont fire many engines at all, I dont seem to get the time 
what I would like to do is buy a carridge to go with it for display purposes can anyone recommend a good match?
Paul.
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TRAPPERKEEPER
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Looks flawless, nice buy 
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bessytractor
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looks good
I probably couldn't decide as to whether I would fire it or not! 
blimey nearly 30 years old! Doesn't time fly!
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Mamodman123
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Just don't fire it, there is no point!
If you want to fire a loco, then fire any old SL1 with a repaint or something!
A real beauty Paul, I still need ol' Charlie 
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Manxman
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Great engine. Nice to see it on the forum. But all this 27 years old stuff, makes me feel old. I sure I remember when these were the latest thing out. 
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Graham-Jilly
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lovely
what more can we add
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Reid
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Deeply moving. The subsequent history adds so much to the "commemoration" intent of the makers.
Say, what is the blue most like? The pictures vary widely above and in the other thread.
Is it a sky blue or a deep royal blue?
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CCairns
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what I would like to do is buy a carridge to go with it for display purposes can anyone recommend a good match?
Get a couple of RW5 passenger coaches and repaint them in the same blue. Would then look like the old Coronation train in blue.
If you ever store this loco in its box then I would recommend removing the solid fuel tablets. These seem to have a corrosive effect on engines when stored in damp conditions.
By the way well done on getting this loco, particularly as you have the matching set now with the SL4 as well.
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Dauntless
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thanks guys,
| manxman wrote: | | Great engine. Nice to see it on the forum. But all this 27 years old stuff, makes me feel old. I sure I remember when these were the latest thing out. |
Not making you feel old Chris??????
| Reid wrote: | Deeply moving. The subsequent history adds so much to the "commemoration" intent of the makers.
Say, what is the blue most like? The pictures vary widely above and in the other thread.
Is it a sky blue or a deep royal blue? |
its a deep royal blue the pics without the flash ( the ones on kitchen worktop ) are most like the real colour.
| CCairns wrote: | Get a couple of RW5 passenger coaches and repaint them in the same blue. Would then look like the old Coronation train in blue.
If you ever store this loco in its box then I would recommend removing the solid fuel tablets. These seem to have a corrosive effect on engines when stored in damp conditions.
By the way well done on getting this loco, particularly as you have the matching set now with the SL4 as well. |
Great Idea I shall have to keep my eye out on ebay for a RW5 Coach.
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shaygetz
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A nice locomotive...don't know that I could own one and not fire it. 27 years...I was working in the hotel industry back then. Quite an event filled year that was.
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