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fizzy	26/04/2018 19:34:24
1860 forum posts 121 photos	Just seen this ont bay - described as "a beautifully built 1 1/2 scale allchin traction engine".....with a now totally destroyed boiler!
JasonB	26/04/2018 19:39:17
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Looks like there are 16 hollow stays each side and the hornplates have just been put on with a couple of screws through 2 of the holes during construction. Whats wrong with that? Similar to my 2" Fowler boiler made by a professional. Edited By JasonB on 26/04/2018 19:53:21
fizzy	26/04/2018 23:45:52
1860 forum posts 121 photos	If that were the case then great, I hadnt realised they were built that way. Looks terrible all the same.
JasonB	27/04/2018 06:59:23
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	The engine has just been tacked together during construction or for the sake of taking e-bay photos, I often just poped a couple of screws into mine during construction as that is all that's needed. Once finished if button heads are used then they don't look a lot different to the flattened head of the dummy smokebox stays particularly under a coat of paint. It's a very common way to build traction engine boilers. My Minnie also used threaded hollow stays

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