Recent auction win (not ebay), Cost $129 for shipping and packing! Over half the price of the items themselves...
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Bummer, it's not anything too big, instead it's two boxes...
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Or you are a slow unpacker, or this is one of those trick boxes you get as a child, where there is box in box until nothing
Well, the first one un-packed is not something I wanted... but had to buy them as a set. And it came with this interesting (well packed) smoke stack... You might recognize it Danny?
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You shipped that young man for $129 !!
Big box for the size of the engine, but at least it arrived safely.
crazydoug
Weeden??
What's auction site you used? You seem to uncover lost treasure.
The home-built has a very heavy boiler, and it will be looking for a new home after I have some fun playing with it... But I did find another engine buried in the bottom of the box
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And here it is... When bidding, I had thought the design on the base was a piece of tin, but it is a material very similar to wallpaper. Will have to be very careful with this one... The worst of the problems are the missing boiler fittings.
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Ah; I love receiving packages like that :-)
Will you tear the Cosmos down to cosmetic atoms; or will it do with a oily rag ? :-)
Nick....Christmas in March
Ah; I love receiving packages like that :-)
Will you tear the Cosmos down to cosmetic atoms; or will it do with a oily rag ? :-)
This will mainly be a careful cleaning and the only work that will ever be done in my hands is to fit some new wire for the missing railing, re-attatch the steam line and hopefully find the missing boiler fittings or have replacements made... I will have to be very careful with the baseplate as it is basically wallpaper. I'm very happy that the original governor survived shipping.
I will post better, more detailed pictures, but if you look closely by the flywheel on the bearing block, you will see that one of the oilers still has its original press fit oiler cap (can't be too many of those left in the wild...)
Interestingly, Danny has just picked up this same model, I believe one size smaller, so hopefully I can give him some helpful pictures/measurements
Nick....Christmas in March
I think it's Christmas every month here Jim
and I've gotten really good at sneaking engines in the house. The best thing about having a variety of engines is that it's very difficult to spot new arrivals
Great buy on the Cosmos Nick - I wish I had your skills as it would open up a whole new class of engines. And you might want to talk to a paper conservator in your area about the "wallpaper" - I know they have some neat tricks up their sleeves to deal with problems.
