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All the very best David.

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Greetings Bill, no mine arrived on time as ever.

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Welcome Kim, what are you thinking of making?

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Greetings, would a string of sturdy cable ties do the jib?

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Great news you are back with us.

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Yes mine arrived 0930 this morning, some good stuff this issue, some person with very smart A3, and someone else reinventing injectors!

All very interesting.

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I had an A1 S, for many years from Warco, ran well, no problems, good service from this long established company.

highly recommended.

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Greetings,

Has "The Runaway Train" been noted yet?

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Very sad news for the whole world of Model Engineering, and like many I enjoyed a chat with him. I offer condolences to his family.

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I have heard of marbles, round pebbles etc being dropped into the pain to bring the level to the top to stop the skin.

no idea if it works.

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Greetings John, epoxy is used quite a lot for small boat repairs, so if you have a boat chandlers near you, it would be a good place to look, they usually sell quick & slow setting. The brand I use is SPX I think, will check that tomorrow when I next visit the boat. All epoxy is temperature sensitive, and should not be used below 10 degree C, and the slower the setting time of the type you select, the stronger the bond.

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Great people to deal with, just down the road from me.

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Brian, sorry about that mistake, it's a long time since I have seen Keith to talk to, he lives in S Africa now.

Thinking about it, I do recall, that he "tinned" the inside of the top casting with silver solder in case the casting was porous.

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Wonderful efforts David , well done.

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Greetings Martin, was that a Michael Faraday experiment?

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Greetings Brian, many years ago, in the 1980's I think, Keith Miller wrote an interesting article for ME called "Lions Crown" about this very issue. Worth getting a look at it.

Also, all locos go better if superheated.

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Well done Simon, looks great.

It is a straight forward job to extend the controls for the regulator & reverser over the tender, which will save you back.

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Greetings Noel, and best wishes for the New Year.

You are right, Norfolk Water is some of the worst in the country for boiler feed. It has a very high Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), and these dissolved materials are left behind in our boilers when we boil off the water. typically Norfolk has TDS levels of 250 to 350 ppm, whereas the Power stations aim for about 0.2 ppm.

Rainwater is about the best thing to use, water softeners are not much use, since they could introduce chloride ions into copper boilers, nota good idea.

Low concentration hot citric acid solution, is best for boiler cleaning, together with copious water washing afterwards.

ME published a very interesting article, "Water Water, every where" a while ago, dealing with this item.

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Greetings Johnathan, my bit if Norfolk is very wet at the moment.

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I wish you all an enjoyable, safe, healthy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

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