I want, no need and therefore MUST have one of these!!!!!

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:43 pm

Superb 'V' twins.

http://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=VTWIN

See also

Oh pleasey weasey Father Christmas!
I've really been a good boy. All the woman told me so.............................. Doh!!!!

alan · Post by **alan** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:52 pm

Neat little gimmick but bloody pricey

could have second hand storm engine running in your living room give the wife something else to clean.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:56 pm

Wife

Er, the ex lives in 'my' house while I now rent. 'Nuff said!!!!!

You're right, it is expensive but still bl%dy superb IMHO.

Wroey · Post by **Wroey** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:33 am

Wonder if you can get some Akropovics for it, sound a lot better ....

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:43 am

thats actually not that expensive when you consider some of the turner steam engines can be Â£1000's !!!!

Model engines are never cheap!

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:10 pm

Neat

LMS you better get your letter off to Santa pretty quick

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:21 pm

LMS or LSM?

I can't help going back onto youtube and listening to it!!! I have seen the manual for building it (it is a kit, not a completed built item on arrival). Timing has to be set for each cylinder 3* BTDC. Great.

Post by **sirch345** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:07 am

LotusSevenMan wrote:LMS or LSM?

I can't help going back onto youtube and listening to it!!! I have seen the manual for building it (it is a kit, not a completed built item on arrival). Timing has to be set for each cylinder 3* BTDC. Great.

Oops

LSM you know who I mean anyway

I must say I would feel a sense of achievement myself, building it from scratch rather than it turning up already built

Especially the first time I fired it up after building it, sad or what

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:18 pm

guys, 90% of steam models are milled by hand to plans! Thats why they are so expensive!

Type "steam + turner" into ebay and have a look :-)

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:40 pm

Squiff m8.
Can't get your Semodel link to work. Ideas?

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:07 pm

LotusSevenMan wrote:Squiff m8.
Can't get your Semodel link to work. Ideas?

He's been told this before but he's never fixed it.......he's left a comma at the end of the link

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:44 am

cupasoop wrote:
LotusSevenMan wrote:Squiff m8.
Can't get your Semodel link to work. Ideas?
He's been told this before but he's never fixed it.......he's left a comma at the end of the link

He knows this because his site inst fully stocked so doesnt want visitors yet! That said ive had web designers working flat out this week and its going live on friday.

the full URL is:

http://www.semodels.com

(click transport for bikes, although theres only about 3 on there atm i think)

Squiffythewombat · Post by **Squiffythewombat** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:17 pm

Timbo wrote:I am so excited i just soiled myself, they only still sell Mamod engines.

http://www.mamodspares.co.uk/product_de ... item_id=19

EBAY!! You can pick a mamod up on there for about Â£30-40 these days! Its all about the ones that run mini-mills! those were cool!

Post by **sirch345** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:00 pm

Timbo wrote:I love stuff like that, i am such a geek.

Anyone old enough to remember the Mamod traction engines? How cool were they? i am 42 and my ma and pa still have mine at theirs.

I want one of these please Santa http://www.gyroscope.com/d.asp?product=4CYLINDER

I didn't realise it, that is until I took Squiffy's advice and looked up a Mamod traction engine on Ebay, that the little steam engine I had when I was a kid was just that

So my answer to your question Timbo is yes I do remember them, I wish I still had mine

Chris.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:31 pm

Well, I got my 'V' twin through the post on Friday.
Wonderful sound for a while when running then...................................... it just slowed and stopped. Out of gas? Nope. It had bl%dy well seized a crankshaft bearing!!! It just locked up solid. Dismantled it and freed off the ball race but not happy at all. It's still too stiff to hold the three degree ignition advance. Emails to the supplier who agreed to take it back etc.
Waited in all day today for a courier company to collect it as advised by the supplier.
Guess what? They haven't arrived as of 8.30pm so I guess they ain't coming!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr