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| raynerd:
..damn, :jaw: you`ve just passed me!! :beer: :clap: |
| j45on:
--- Quote from: craynerd on December 06, 2010, 01:49:21 PM ---Ray, you are moving on nicely and making it look easy! Regarding the price, just another thought - keep your eye on ebay and homeworkshop. I got mine for £50 and just the con rod had been machined, everything else was as new. Saved about £50! Like Kwackers sell, they sell for a fortune once built (not that I`ll be selling mine!!!!) and it would pay for them both if you built two and sold one. Chris --- End quote --- There is a pair on ebay at the moment both from the same seller one part machined and one untouched http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stuart-Turner-10V-Engine-Castings-/160515107970?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item255f722c82#ht_500wt_1156 |
| raynerd:
Yea, I had also been watching those.... notice in the picture that kit has a solid one piece casting for the crank?! |
| NickG:
--- Quote from: craynerd on December 06, 2010, 04:34:28 PM ---..damn, :jaw: you`ve just passed me!! :beer: :clap: --- End quote --- It's not a race Chris but get a move on :lol: I've watched a few on ebay but they always seem to go for £70+ so I think, well it's not that much of a saving - suppose if it's brand spanking new any kind of saving is good though. Bet that un touched one goes for almost full price! I quite like the PM research 1BI - it's a bigger engine and works out about the same money with shipping etc I think. Maybe a bit more as you get stung for some sort of import duty. http://www.lineymachine.com/product_info.php?currency=GBP&products_id=2852&osCsid=5acfc6f6aab7366c1404015e0a7ac0f5 Nick |
| kwackers:
Join your local engineering club. Most engineers (me included) are old duffers and hoarders. Natural wastage means in a typical club they drop off at the rate of a couple a year and have workshops that need disposing of - plus some just sell stuff because they realise they'll never get round to it. I've picked up two sets of Stuart No 4 castings and a set of No 8 castings (which I've just completed) for £50 each. I've also got a set of Stuart Major castings - which I'm saving for when "I'm good" and I missed out on a set of 'Twin Victoria' castings because the guy wanted the outrageous sum of £100 (spent too long thinking about it!). None had been started, one of the No 4's had been bought in the early 70's and was missing the cylinder cover casting. My lathe, mill and a fair chunk of tooling have been picked up from ex-members too - it's all in my care now until the next guy comes along... :med: Looking good though scrapman, perhaps Chris will actually get a move on and finish his now... :dremel: |
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