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They say enthusiasm is infectious, well the good folks here are so enthusiastic about steam and I have never owned or even touched anything more steamy than a hot bath so i thought i would see what all the fuss is about and bought a Chiltern Model Steam Mill Engine.

OK, no skill required here, just paint, polish and put together, but that is a great starting point for a novice.   CMS are out of stock of boilers right now, so i just have the engine running on compressed air.  To be honest i was not expecting to get hooked, after all there is no petrol or spark plug, but blow me down, this thing is hypnotic, i love it, can't wait for the boiler now to get the full experience 



Kind regards
Ade

Should be even better when you get the hot wet stuff running through it!!

I do like the crosshead guides on that. CMS do make some nice kits, i hope to get the beam engine at some point in the future. 

To be honest i was not expecting to get hooked, after all there is no petrol or spark plug, but blow me down, this thing is hypnotic, i love it, can't wait for the boiler now to get the full experience

Just wait till you light that first fire under the boiler   

Glad we got you hooked!! 

I will post some more pics/video once i get the boiler 

Lovely engine, Chiltern certainly make some very nice kits 

Still waiting for the boiler from CMS,  no steam yet 

While i was waiting i fixed the loose main bearings by line boring the housings and inserting oilite bushes, no slop now 

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Repainted the whole base to get rid of the ugly paint edges, i had previously masked the machined surfaces on the base but the components that fit on them are slightly smaller so i ended up with rough paint edges and bare bits 

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Ade