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I finally found my "Blue" engine, the paint is dusty and seeing it in the photo I can see I need to repaint the little red speed indicator needle and some touch up blue. The paint really hides the fact that it is all wood construction...sharp eyes may notice I upgraded a couple critical axles and Rods to music wire rather than stock toothpicks...the toothpicks do have one virtue over music wire, once you burnish them with pencil lead they hold it well. I can not get pencil lead to stick to the wire and this engine requires dry lube.