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SPOKESMAN
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A few marks give an engine character Chris - to me they look more 'believeable'!!  |
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James
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What an engine Chris!
Love the decal.
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mj
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| Looks great chris, i must start cleaning up mine soon. Is the lever arm on the whistle, brass or alloy? Mines alloy, which is probably a replacement. |
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Mamodman123
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| mj wrote: | | Looks great chris, i must start cleaning up mine soon. Is the lever arm on the whistle, brass or alloy? Mines alloy, which is probably a replacement. |
As far as i'm aware they were all Brass... I've had a fair few...
I guess it's possibly a replacement... but you can't say for 100% sure 
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Very nice, Chris. I remember when you won that one! Beautiful clean up job.
I love those first run adventures, don't you? 
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flywheel61
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MJ wrote
| Quote: | | Looks great chris, i must start cleaning up mine soon. Is the lever arm on the whistle, brass or alloy? Mines alloy, which is probably a replacement. |
Thanks, MJ, the lever arm is definately brass with a black rubber cover (original?) over it.
Cheers
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flywheel61
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Spokesman wrote
| Quote: | | A few marks give an engine character Chris - to me they look more 'believeable'!! |
I never thought about it like that, but your right as it fits in better with the original paint work.
Cheers
Chris
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SPOKESMAN
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| A few marks aren't a problem its a great looking engine and better for it - give it some historical provenance. Are you going to run it? |
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flywheel61
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Spokeswman wrote
| Quote: | | A few marks aren't a problem its a great looking engine and better for it - give it some historical provenance. Are you going to run it? |
Already have, both before and after the restoration to check the dezincafication areas for leaks. Unfortunately haven't got a video camera or broadband yet so can't do a vid, when things change I'll do one.
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| lovely job, looks very nice |
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