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John.....what would 'Mistolin' be outside of Spain mate? - Cheers Jim

Please oil the engine befor you fire it up its way better for the engine

Kinda like the way I used to walk home from the pub. Bit of a wobble.

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Cool I've just found my one didn't know it was so old though it's missing the "smoke stack"

Hi, i have one of these i am restoring. Do you know of a place i can get spares from please. Thanks. I need the burner tray for starters

Great engine I bought my self a sp1 from 1985 it has a black frame

Fabulously messy!! Quite astounding, the height that the water reached.

I named him rollery❤

What is the model on the far right of the workshop, with the two red handwheels, I have one of them, but cannot find any I'd of the machine type or model number

My father spent lot of time traveling for business when I was a kid. He got me one of these when he was in England around 1980. I was 11 or 12 I would pull it out from time to time. No one was really impressed with it because it just spins a flywheel. I was because I knew what it took to get a steam engine to work. Recently I decided to sell it on eBay someone low balled me with an offer I started thinking about my father he passed when 90's when I was in my 20's. I took it down can't sell it right now I want to clean it up make it look new again. I still have the box lost the funnel and needs a new filler plug lost that also.

I just came across an early se1 flatbase but it's missing the burner. Have any leads on one?Thanks for sharing 😊

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Just found your channel and Subscribed. Nice engine

i just obtained a second hand model questio 4 u can u tell me what is in the chimney as mine is missing those parts i would like to make some so it is complete cheers

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The new ones no longer have the red handles. And i don’t like how they work. Stiff and cheap plastic.

Helps to open whistle when filling. 😊

Blimey, that’s superb! It fairly zips along.

Hi John, ever tried it on rails? Based on M180 by the look of it...

is your oiler a Mamod???

A thing of beauty!

How much are these valued at?

Beautiful machine but way out of my price range 🙂

I have this exact one, my dad was born in 1960 and he used to have it as a toy, he gave it to me and it’s the best thing I have ever been given! They’re so cool

I bought this model (or similar version) with my birthday money in about 69/70. Used to run it in my small boxroom bedroom, the smell of meths was overpowering. The novelty didn't last long, it ended up being left outside on top of the coal bunker, eventually being sold for shillings.

Shes nice!

Mine has easily been stationary five years, but I know a little oil, water and fire and a few minutes later it will be just as energetic as ever! Some things are just too simple NOT to work!

I have a mid-1970s Mamod Se2a. The base and engine are very different, but it's amazing how similar the boiler is.

Nice vid John of one of Trev's delightful engine, I hope you're feeling better now mate.

I have a Mamod Se2a from about 1977: the same engine with the addition of reversing gear and the whistle. It is substantially the same as this one. What's interesting its my steam supply line runs directly from the top of the boiler down to the cylinder, but yours seems to wrap around the bottom of the boiler: kind of a primitive super heater. My steam supply line is soldered into the boiler. Mine lacks the absorbent washer for cylinder lubrication. Your fuel tray is for liquid fuel, mine is a plain tray for Esbit tablets (My wife says they stink-up the house!)

How nice is that running for you John!

What a lovely find. I wonder how many are at the bottom of ponds around the World? I remember a Blue Peter episode in late 60s where a pond was being drained and John Noakes finding the remains of such a boat in the mud then restoring it back to health, running the boat on the same pond a few weeks later.

Interesting build up crankshaft

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is there a "smell" to this? Could you run it indoors?

Ain't that lovely.

Excellent to see an old timer live again 😊

I have just purchased the same model from eBay. I had one as a child, long gone now. When my new one was running the years fell away and once again I was watching with my Dad who died in 1959 when I was 11. And now my Grandsons watch with me.

Nice result there Johnny...haven't been game to restore mine yet 😊

I like the D405 but that chrome like boiler is just too much!

Well done, very nice conversion.

I love it. I gotta get a shop set up to power with my tractor or steam roller. Not as nice as the Twin Stationary but it's what I have.

I notice you are missing the little oil drip regulator. If you need one, there is an Ebayer called airtwistem who sells replacements.

I have a Seahawk, badly painted in black a very long time ago. I also have an engine-less Luton Bowman Seajay, to which I intend to fit a Seahawk engine and propshaft arrangement (actually a modified M140 engine)

Hi, love the videos by the way, I am after some info if I can please. I had a family friend who passed away and I was given a Bowman M140 from what I can make out looking at pictures, he had as a boy and I thinks its been a long time since it was used but he was always very proud of it, so what do you do I have taken it apart and cleaned everything up and will be repainting what needs painting and polishing what needs polishing but I don't know what thickness wick to use and also mine doesn't have the oil feed dripper is this something I can add as an aftermarket product? any help from anyone would be very much appreciated

Great! Thank you!

How did you clean the steam bush? Did you put it in acid?

Can you put a link to that type of polishing wheel , I can’t find one that looks like that when I search. Many thanks.