Hi Guys,
Here's a different question to the usual 'How do I...'
I was asked last week to have a look at and renovate a small steam model for a colleague. We don't know the age but he remembers his father showing it to him when he was under five years old. He is now 58. The model has just reappeared when clearing out his shed. He does not know whether his father built it or bought it. His father died many many years ago so its origin is a mystery. I wondered if anyone has any ideas. It looks 'home'-built to me.
Everything on it is seized so it has been sprayed with liberal amounts of WD40. This has removed some of the crub and started to make the brass boiler shine in the flash.
The boiler and cylinder assembly are brass,. Flywheel is alloy and looks like Mamod but looks to be a later addition/replacement. Base and boiler stand are rusty steel. Bolts are all BA or pos whit. Feed pipe looks to be brass with a chromed union nut.
Regards
Julian.
PS...Thanks for the solidarity.
Here's a different question to the usual 'How do I...'
I was asked last week to have a look at and renovate a small steam model for a colleague. We don't know the age but he remembers his father showing it to him when he was under five years old. He is now 58. The model has just reappeared when clearing out his shed. He does not know whether his father built it or bought it. His father died many many years ago so its origin is a mystery. I wondered if anyone has any ideas. It looks 'home'-built to me.
Everything on it is seized so it has been sprayed with liberal amounts of WD40. This has removed some of the crub and started to make the brass boiler shine in the flash.
The boiler and cylinder assembly are brass,. Flywheel is alloy and looks like Mamod but looks to be a later addition/replacement. Base and boiler stand are rusty steel. Bolts are all BA or pos whit. Feed pipe looks to be brass with a chromed union nut.
Regards
Julian.
PS...Thanks for the solidarity.