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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Restorations => Topic started by: therat05 on July 29, 2019, 10:11:04 am
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Spectacular work, Steve. And it looks beautiful with your signature plank floor base. You have yet again rescued and revived what was surely DOA. Bravo!
Hello Benny i thought it was u/s when i first opened the box but on inspection everything was there except a couple of bits, i then realised i had a bargain on my hands with a bit of hard work.
The planking is really so i can run many different engines and boilers together and make them look as if they all part of the same diorama in a simple way of course, an example would be running my Stuart steam plant which has oak plank boarding as seen in the pic below....i could add the Bowman E101 running as part of the same set up and it would look like it was meant to be there...Steve
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Spectacular work, Steve. And it looks beautiful with your signature plank floor base. You have yet again rescued and revived what was surely DOA. Bravo!
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Steve, unlike yourself, I have turned my collection a number of times over the years. Last count I had sold more than 100 pieces...numbers go up and down with time and interest. I believe I have about 27 total now and that has been stable for nearly a year!
Rog
I just cant do it Rog if i sold any it would be like lopping off a limb...i have 40 + engines and all except 6 are in my little steam room where i squeeze in around Guns.... Swords...model electric train sets... and other collectibles...something has to give probably the floor at this rate ;D...Steve
Steve, you need to take us on a tour of your steam room .... and not just of the steam engines either! ;c)
Hello Rog that might be possible but i must warn you its nothing like Jims and others on here's palaces just a complete mess of treasures crammed into a 12 foot x 12 foot room but i love it....Steve
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Amazing, Steve...!!! Superb restoration and I have alwsys liked your trademark oak flooring!
Thank you Gil i have been waiting for one of these to turn up for ages, so i am glad it turned out well...here is a picture of the engine fitted with a steam control valve which makes running it much more enjoyable.
I have been running the engine so much it needs a complete clean up ::)...Steve
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Steve, unlike yourself, I have turned my collection a number of times over the years. Last count I had sold more than 100 pieces...numbers go up and down with time and interest. I believe I have about 27 total now and that has been stable for nearly a year!
Rog
I just cant do it Rog if i sold any it would be like lopping off a limb...i have 40 + engines and all except 6 are in my little steam room where i squeeze in around Guns.... Swords...model electric train sets... and other collectibles...something has to give probably the floor at this rate ;D...Steve
Steve, you need to take us on a tour of your steam room .... and not just of the steam engines either! ;c)
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Amazing, Steve...!!! Superb restoration and I have alwsys liked your trademark oak flooring!
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Steve, unlike yourself, I have turned my collection a number of times over the years. Last count I had sold more than 100 pieces...numbers go up and down with time and interest. I believe I have about 27 total now and that has been stable for nearly a year!
Rog
I just cant do it Rog if i sold any it would be like lopping off a limb...i have 40 + engines and all except 6 are in my little steam room where i squeeze in around Guns.... Swords...model electric train sets... and other collectibles...something has to give probably the floor at this rate ;D...Steve
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Great resto Steve!
Hello Jim i am very pleased how it turned out considering the mess it was in, i reused all of the original parts except the non standard base....the bent pipework was fun to straighten out ;D....Steve
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Great resto Steve!
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Steve, unlike yourself, I have turned my collection a number of times over the years. Last count I had sold more than 100 pieces...numbers go up and down with time and interest. I believe I have about 27 total now and that has been stable for nearly a year!
Rog
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Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
Hello Rog thank you thats praise indeed as i am sure i have seen a picture of that lovely E101 restoration you did. have you still got that engine?
I do all my bases in that scribed planking sometimes i use real boards cut to size, this engine runs very well which may be down to the fact that it may have been a non runner for a lot of its life as both inlet and exhaust pipes were blocked with solder and the piston cylinder cover would not allow the piston rod to travel properly so this engine would never have run at in that state...Steve
Steve, I kept that E101 of mine for a number of years, but alas it has gone on to another loving home.
Rog
Hello Rog i still have every engine i have ever purchased but the trouble is i am running out of room ::).....Steve
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Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
Hello Rog thank you thats praise indeed as i am sure i have seen a picture of that lovely E101 restoration you did. have you still got that engine?
I do all my bases in that scribed planking sometimes i use real boards cut to size, this engine runs very well which may be down to the fact that it may have been a non runner for a lot of its life as both inlet and exhaust pipes were blocked with solder and the piston cylinder cover would not allow the piston rod to travel properly so this engine would never have run at in that state...Steve
Steve, I kept that E101 of mine for a number of years, but alas it has gone on to another loving home.
Rog
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Amazing transformation, VERY well done Steve !!!
It was hard work Jan but worth the effort....Steve
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Amazing transformation, VERY well done Steve !!!
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Very impressive Steve looks to be a contender for the E.O.M. contest.
Thanks John i try and make these engines look as close to brand new as i can ...if thats possible with a near 100 year old engine...Steve
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Very impressive Steve looks to be a contender for the E.O.M. contest.
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The 101 is my favourite Bowman engine, nice job on the restoration!
Thank you all Bowmans are well made engines and the E101 is also my favourite Bowman.....Steve
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The 101 is my favourite Bowman engine, nice job on the restoration!
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Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
Hello Rog thank you thats praise indeed as i am sure i have seen a picture of that lovely E101 restoration you did. have you still got that engine?
I do all my bases in that scribed planking sometimes i use real boards cut to size, this engine runs very well which may be down to the fact that it may have been a non runner for a lot of its life as both inlet and exhaust pipes were blocked with solder and the piston cylinder cover would not allow the piston rod to travel properly so this engine would never have run at in that state...Steve
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Steve, that is the nicest E101 restoration I have ever seen...better than one I did myself years ago. I love the base...beats black in my eyes and sort of reminds me of ship's flooring...beautifully done.
Rog
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fantastic job on that Steve 😉👍
Hello Bruce it was a very enjoyable restoration ...the next one is much much worse a Bowman M122 :o....Steve
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Great restoration! It's always good to see something old brought back to running condition.
Thanks Doug i could not resist it seeing it in such a state it was begging me for a new lease of life....Steve
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fantastic job on that Steve 😉👍
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Great restoration! It's always good to see something old brought back to running condition.
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Steve .... that is not so much a Restoration as it is a RESURRECTION!!!
Fantastic job bringing that one back from the dead, and not being too much of a purist myself, think your planked base is just wonderful, and other modifications from stock are wonderfully functional.
Well done on all of that ...... WELL DONE INDEED!!!
Thank you Stoker it was hard work but i really enjoyed doing this one...the end product is a fantastic machine which i have been steaming constantly since i finished it....Steve
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Steve .... that is not so much a Restoration as it is a RESURRECTION!!!
Fantastic job bringing that one back from the dead, and not being too much of a purist myself, think your planked base is just wonderful, and other modifications from stock are wonderfully functional.
Well done on all of that ...... WELL DONE INDEED!!!
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Another treat from ebay for me to spend hours cleaning polishing and repairing, A Bowman E 101.... the advert said non runner so the pile of junk i was looking at on the screen backed that up😂, being very rare i thought someone would snap it up but no after a few days it was still there so my silly offer went in and was accepted.
When the engine arrived it was just a pile of junk...but ...amazingly complete junk the only bits missing was the wooden base which was replaced by a home made mecanno type thing and as usual with a bowman no oil tap and the burner had no spout.
I set to to work scraping rubbing stripping ,then undercoating and top coating and polishing...making a new burner spout from 5/16 brass tube (Thanks Roly for the dimensions and useful article)....then i made the replacement oil tap from an old Mamod whistle tap.....just wet and dry to size and file a flat on one side to allow the oil to flow...it really works well and took 15 minutes to make and is just a bit bigger than the original....
I decided to use a wooden base as it would have had but hated the original colour scheme of Black and Green so im afraid it had to be my trade mark planking in light oak...sorry to all the purists but it can easily be changed to the correct colour any time, also i have added a control valve which this early E101 would not have had.
15 hours later this monster Bowman appeared , what an engine it runs superbly well.... apparently Bowman said it can run for 1 1/2 hours on one tank of water and 2000 rpm...i have not tested this boast🤔 but i have run it on steam and it was fantastic and a pure joy to use even at 2000 rpm and now even better with the control valve which allows slow running.
Here are a few pics of the rebuild and a video of its second run on steam without control valve fitted...i had to abort the first run due to a leak on the steam pipe as some idiot made a mess of a simple solder job🤓....Steve
https://youtu.be/Uqi9AGflioY
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