Hi ya Fred great video. It takes me back to the late 50s early 60s my mate had one we played for hours great fun. He also had a small aeroplane engine which was bolted to a piece of wood and we could run it in the garden eventually fitted it to a home made racing car and run it up the path. We used to go to Lewis’s in Birmingham to look at the toys. Happy days.
Nice video Fred. Having that throttle regulator incorporated into the design is a neat feature. The restoration should be a neat one. Good luck with it.
you are 100% correct fred 40-50's and to a point 60's British engineering was at its pinnacle proper steel and pride before we started throwing stuff away and replacing great vid as usual mate.
Nice one Fred i had the same model back in the late 60s i like restoring things to and as you stated like most things nowadays quality has gone down i would rather pay a few pounds extra and get quality parts but that does not seem there way of thinking all the tank and pipes will polish up nice with Autosol i think originally the tank was lacquered but it obviously gets black with the burner. as with restoration i would get automotive heat resistant black spray not sure if you can obtain a new Mamod sticker failing that you could mask it up and spray round it.and probably standard car spray red for base would be ok followed by clear lacquer that's how i would do it but that's entirely up to you good luck....
Hi Stephen. Ive pretty much done everything you said :-) I masked the Mamod sticker and saved that. The boiler polished up well and i use BBQ paint for the housing. All will be shown in the resto video on here. Cheers.
3:46 this is called a superheater. What it does is boil off any remaining water in the steam, and make the steam as dry as possible while also increasing pressure. It is used because water inside the cylinder is not good.
That is quite a late model. Certainly later than one I have from late 1940s. You can tell by the type of burner it has. Post the round, green meths tank and pre the solid fuel type.
She runs and runs well :-). Second part will show the stripdown and restoration so SUB not to miss that. Cheers catch you on the next one.
Hi ya Fred great video. It takes me back to the late 50s early 60s my mate had one we played for hours great fun. He also had a small aeroplane engine which was bolted to a piece of wood and we could run it in the garden eventually fitted it to a home made racing car and run it up the path. We used to go to Lewis’s in Birmingham to look at the toys. Happy days.
Happy days indeed. They still make them David :-)
Brilliant Fred got you a nice piece of kit there matey a nice little restore project hope to see the final result on here. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Lee. Look out for the restro video which will appear on here.
Will do
You have rekindled my love of steam......terrific vid Fred.......Bob
Thanks Bob. Just finishing off the resto and then hopefully a Wilesco tractor new kit from germany.
Full Steam Ahead! Good one Fred. I had a basic stationary engine as a lad but eventually had it powering a boat. Excellent fun.
Great fun Ben :-)
Nice video Fred. Having that throttle regulator incorporated into the design is a neat feature. The restoration should be a neat one. Good luck with it.
Thanks Andy. Resto is going very well. Thanks mate
you are 100% correct fred 40-50's and to a point 60's British engineering was at its pinnacle proper steel and pride before we started throwing stuff away and replacing great vid as usual mate.
Thanks Jonny. Agreed.
A nuns chuf , you say Fred , I say a nuns cruch but all the same great vid, will buy one one day cheers shane uk 🇬🇧
LOL a southern saying mate but means the same :-). Glad your well. Look forward to your next video.
Fantastic video. I’ve subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
You should make a video about more stationary kits because you make it more entertaining and restoring stationary engines
Thanks Sammy. I like both stationary and rolling live steam.
The SE design goes back to the mid 1930s. I owned an SE Minor 1 in the 1960s.
Thanks James. I am glad there are still a few around.
@@CB-RADIO-UK Yep, the good quality metal toys from those days tend to be hung onto.
Nice one Fred i had the same model back in the late 60s i like restoring things to and as you stated like most things nowadays quality has gone down i would rather pay a few pounds extra and get quality parts but that does not seem there way of thinking all the tank and pipes will polish up nice with Autosol i think originally the tank was lacquered but it obviously gets black with the burner. as with restoration i would get automotive heat resistant black spray not sure if you can obtain a new Mamod sticker failing that you could mask it up and spray round it.and probably standard car spray red for base would be ok followed by clear lacquer that's how i would do it but that's entirely up to you good luck....
Hi Stephen. Ive pretty much done everything you said :-) I masked the Mamod sticker and saved that. The boiler polished up well and i use BBQ paint for the housing. All will be shown in the resto video on here. Cheers.
3:46 this is called a superheater. What it does is boil off any remaining water in the steam, and make the steam as dry as possible while also increasing pressure. It is used because water inside the cylinder is not good.
That is quite a late model. Certainly later than one I have from late 1940s. You can tell by the type of burner it has. Post the round, green meths tank and pre the solid fuel type.
I remember the wax tablets they smelled like rotten fish when you blew them out
LOL. New ones do smell a bit as well.
Sort of..
It sort of made the sort of video sort of almost sort of unwatchable. Sort of.
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