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Post by Narrow Minded » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:37 pm

Spotted this on EvilBay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Merlin-SM32-16mm- ... 27aef36f49

Anyone know much about them??[/quote]
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Post by Sir haydn » Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:47 pm

saw that, personally I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole unless your prepared to strip it down. With merlins you either get a good one or a pig!
The ossy ones have always seemed a little more troublesom than their fixed cylinder counter parts.
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Post by Narrow Minded » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:01 am

It was the ossy cylinders that stopped me putting it on "watch" - my (t)rusty old mamod is quite enough for me!

I quite like the shape though. Do you know which model it is??

PS. copped your TR stock pics on the other thread. Very nice! :D
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Post by Sir haydn » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:14 am

I will run TR on sunday. will bring edward thomas and tom rolt. Tell you one thing thow. i vow never to build another scale model of abergnolwyn station again, scribing all those slate courses! :shock:
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Post by Narrow Minded » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:21 am

Cool! I'll bring my camera!! :D

The end result from all that scribing are well worth it tho', it looks brill! Whats the core material?
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Post by Sir haydn » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:26 am

good old ply wood. scribed it with the dremel. Iv also made dolgoch and rhydyronen. working on a scale model of the origanal corris station now.
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Post by Narrow Minded » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:40 am

Aah, Dremel wrist! The very mention brings back tingly memories :lol:

Actually, I've just put mine away! I've just been enlarging the hole in the front beam of the Mamod to take the retaining nut for a replacement centre buffer after cutting off the excess length of thread.

The old Corris station's always been a favourite of mine. I think it's the shed roof and retaining wall. Paul Sherwoods adaptation of it looks nice on the M&NGR.
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:50 am

Coor, corris station is one of my favorites. It is just jam packed with unusuall charactor mostly brought out by that wall along the track. I like the over track canopy alot as well.
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Post by Endless, Nameless » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:59 pm

I have no idea what that is, but it's very pretty. If I was better off it'd be worth considering as a rebuild project with "proper" cylinders...

With Merlin's reputation I'd have to think very carefully before hitting the bid button mind, especially as they tend to go for rather a lot on eBay.
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