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madeinenglang


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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:13 pm    Post subject: mamod se2 Reply with quote
This is what I got this week in a bit of a sorry state after a day or two later she is all looking like new.




some good old elbow grease and good old brasso.





A fun packed day of stripping  and repainting and soldering first time thanks to mamod man for the decals and barry for the washers  

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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice, well done.
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
looking very nice and very shiney well done, se1's are great engines
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That looks much better!

What happened to the original base paint?
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, that's certainly a vast improvement. Well done!
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What happened to the original base paint?

It was too far gone and a lot of rust under the paint  I m going to leave feed back to the person that I won it off ebay    and send them a pic    
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I take it the paint didn't look that bad in the item description then?
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
se1's are great engines is it an se1 or is it an se2 ??
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
se1 se2's have a whistle
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thats a SE1, that looks like it just came out of the factory box, great job there.
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Lewis


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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
looks good  

dont repaint the engine frame though it has the rare hammer green paint instead of the standard mamod mint green  
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Wallace


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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great improvement. Certainly looks a lot better  
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PostPosted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wallace wrote:
Great improvement. Certainly looks a lot better  


I ditto the above comment. nice runners those SE1.
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erikl


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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great job! and very fast too!
Looks a whole lot better.
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks real good now its been restored!

Has it been fired since?
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