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He'll always be remembered.RIP.

If it doesn't need stripping don't strip it....

IMHO I would get the boiler serviced by a qualified person.A water level glass broke once in one of my engines at 10lb sq ins,it frightened the hell out of me,get it done professionaly!!!!

Allan.

I remember seeing a programme about the Taylor brothers bicycle builders of Stockton.One brother built the wheels another built the frames and the other did the lining,the one that did the lining said the skill of lining consists of two things,nerve and don't hesitate,just do it.He used a lining whe...

Excellent job...Are the bolts that hold the saddle tank onto the smokebox real or dummies?The bracket looks like a dummy casting to me.....Allan.

You have a secure future there old son.An excellent job......Allan

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Mamod are nice engines but Regner are better built than most others....Here's LumberJack and Chaloner.....

How about one of these,I call it me Noddy engine....

You don't need RC,it's easy to control with it being geared....

The Vincent is a lovely loco and very powerful.The build quality is superb.The reverse is by means of a rotary valve.

I think the Leader and Ragleth are very good value for the money.Although RoundHouse are superb engines they are very expensive compared to Accucraft.

I use an old fridge compressor.

A pic' of the full size ones.Leader on the left and Excelsior on the right.

The Leader is an excellent engine,I've got two and like you I paid £610 for them.Great value at the mo'

Looks like it's only in 32mm though.

I like the Merlins.Pauly has one and I'm very envious.

The best of the best.

That's an amazing achievement Erik.I'm very envious.Well done.

I don't think it would be worthwhile,they're not very accurate anyway in our scale.Much easier to use the blowdown.