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| peol |
The little Fleischmann that returned from the deadI had this little Fleischmann laying in my scrap box for some months. I got it as a spare part together with an ADE engine.Should have taken a "before"-picture, but too late now... It was leaking from the joint between the boiler and the axel pipe going through the boiler. Someone had attempted to fix it with lots of solder and silicon  It looked terrible, almost a fourth of the boiler was covered in tin and silicon.
I removed all the tin and silicon and tried to solder it from the outside, and I understand why it was covered in tin... all the tin just float around all over the boiler except for where I wanted it to be. So I removed the top of it and cleaned and soldered from the inside with good result. The base was almost all black, probably from a fire. Thw whistle was missing its handle, instead a small rod was welded onto it. Anyway, after repairs, repainting and making of a new whistle handle and a burner, it now looks like this, and most important, it runs without any leaks 
Now I only have to make the chimney with the help of some photos from Petri (MrDuck).  
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| MrDuck |
They run well on just one Esbit
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| Celsius 100 |
Looks good now.I have some photographs of my 105 if they of any use to you. | ||||
| Les |
A fine looking engine, congratulations on the restoration. | ||||
| Casey Jones Snr |
A great restoration indeed. | ||||
| Stitch1615 |
Fantastic job of that.
I bought one of those in similar condition and finally got round to it. Several people have convinced me that it's a Doll 304 although I don't know the real difference. The one I do see is a pressed con rod vs. one with an actual bearing attached. I got it back when I started the hobby and bought anything that had the word "Steam" connected to it. It was pretty pitiful. SV hole is enlarged and the flywheel is melted and of course it had been smashed in. 
I've gotten this far but still need a stack and a flywheel. (It's been sitting and handled and needs another polishing.) 
I also got this image from someone showing me stacks. 
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| Bugsy |
Looks good Peter (and Mike  ).
I can lend you a chimney if you'd like something to copy. Sunday morning I'll be driving past on my way to the boat. Phil |
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| Stitch1615 |
keeping your boat in Florida now? |
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| Bugsy |
I'd like to... |
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| Dean W |
Peter, that one came out really well! I like it. | ||||
| Gary279 |
Sweet!! Very nice job on that Peter! | ||||
| Mr.Mamod_396 |
Fantastic job on the restoration it looks great 
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| Wallace |
Great job
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| Earlytimes |
Very nice restoration !! | ||||
| peol |
Some olives to go with the dinner, and the tin can to go with the chimney, that's recycling
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| 46u |
All of them look really good. NICE job all. 
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| Les |
Nice job on reproducing the chimney.
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| crazynavyjeff |
Dint in the sidehow did you get the ding out of the side without a mark....that is amazing.... |
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| Stitch1615 |
Re: Dint in the side
The one directly above is not mine. Mine, had the dent and after removing the top I used a broom handle and dragged it across the inside of the boiler. Eventually most of the wrinkles came out. |
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| crazynavyjeff |
I saw a trick onceWe had this huge hail storm in Norfolk...and this guy took the dings out of the hood of my cars using dry ice and heat guy....wondered if anyone knew how that worked...He would not let us watch him do it...but you could not tell where the hail hit the car at all....even took out the door ding I had.... |