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Thank for the support guys, much appreciated.

…Will you make the steam pipe out of Brass and then Nickel it?

Yes Charlie, like the original would have been made, shaped to fit, polished and then nickeled.
Same story with the complete water gauge armature that was completely missing.

Both are fitted to the engine now.



The few scratch marks you see on the underside of the water gauge armature, are still left after removal of the corrosion.
Probably made by a clumsy person working  on the water gauge armature, long long time ago.
They are so deep that I didn't wanted to sand them completely away, because this will thin only the boiler wall.
And also they seem huge now, but in reality they are hardly noticeable.
You see this only now due to the focus of the camera.

As you can see the whistle and safte valve are also back on the engine.
The whistle was completely taken apart, and a good thing I did this.
Because inside sits a rubber O ring that suppose to seal the steam from the boiler off while not in use.
But after 100years that o ring has become hard and brittle having no sealing effect anymore, so perfect moment to replace it.

The only original part that still needs to be refitted is the tap on the bottom of the boiler that is connected to the water feeding pump.
Unfortunately the the tread on that tap is ruined.
next time I will show how that can be fixed and thereby preserve the original tap.

All other parts like the water filling lid and complete water feeding pump must be replicated, but this will be described later…