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pauly · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

pauly · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

your right about that the flames do tend to come over the boiler
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pauly · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

I dont use it much anymore but have kept it for sentimental reasons

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Atticman · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject:

James · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject:

pauly · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

True lad! I don't know much about the locos though

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Mamodman123 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the forum. Wow 80 posts in just 4 days!

Les Marsh · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:

pauly · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: