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MooseMan
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Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he.... 
That's one gorgeous bit of kit!
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Steve_S
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| MooseMan wrote: | Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bush is he....
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We used to sing that at school.... a longggg time ago! |
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Wallace
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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That's a real nice engine Tony.
I really like the detail on it. Real nice.
Well done on that win!!
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Griffin
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A very nice well made engine. The oiler holes for the crankshaft are a nice detail.
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James
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We used to sing that!!
I still do 
Great engine!
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IndianaRog
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Tony, nice to see a Kookabura up close. I have admired them on their website, but the pics are taken half way across a room it seems.
If I recall they are also coming out with a traction engine built to the same tough looking standard...seems like a company going places. Kind of neat to think TWO Aussie companies have chosen to start up in the steam engine trade in the past 5 years...not old firms, but brand new ones. Good for the hobby!
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tmuir
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yosa
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 Stunning. 
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SPOKESMAN
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| AT $1500 - I wont be buying one. I fear a lot of these wont be steamed too much - the small pic of it looks OK. With £750 to burn Id be looking at a Bowman or something really rare . . . |
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steamyman
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| top-notch engine you've got there. |
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tmuir
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| SPOKESMAN wrote: | | AT $1500 - I wont be buying one. I fear a lot of these wont be steamed too much - the small pic of it looks OK. With £750 to burn Id be looking at a Bowman or something really rare . . . |
Yes I agree my Lady Anne cost me around that much and thats a much more sophisticated engine but they do look nice.
I would of never paid the new price for the overtype Kookaburra but I thought $250 Australian (100 pounds) was a good price for it.
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Most impressive engine, Tony! I really like it. Will you do a vid for us?
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tmuir
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| oldstuff wrote: | | Most impressive engine, Tony! I really like it. Will you do a vid for us? |
I will but I havent even fired it yet.
For all the heavy casting and fancy works on it, it has a few things that actually is a bit of a let down in the quality of the machine.
The engine frame is nickle plated but they obviously didnt prepare the metal correctly as it is lifting in places. The flywheel is just a friction fit but unlike Mamods I dont think I would ever be able to remove it if I want to and worse of all the flywheel is cast and when they set it up for machining they didnt take time to centre is correctly so one side of the flywheel is atleast 2mm thicker than the other side so it is badly off balance. 
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