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Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« on: February 10, 2021, 06:48:04 am »
Nice to be back. I'd forgotten how rewarding messing about with old engines could be.

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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2021, 10:51:40 am »
Very nice Calypso , you got it running very well toward the end.
Good to see you posting videos again.
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2021, 03:42:52 pm »
So good to have you posting again John :) 
Your channel has always been one of my favourites on YouTube, so i´ve been missing your updates.

Sure is a nice old engine there...
I´m not very knowledgeable, when it comes to old German steam toys, but certainly would be great to get a firm ID.
Nomatter if it´s original or not, it would make it much easier to hunt down parts, if everything on there are properly identified.
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2021, 03:58:38 pm »
As other have said, nice to see you posting a vid John.

That first burner ..... it did look a bit dangerous!
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2021, 08:14:27 am »
That's definitely a keeper. When you go back to show the water pump, the tile pattern on the base is
very visible. I can't remember seeing that pattern before. Someone else with more knowledge of these
might use that for a better ID.
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2021, 10:20:15 am »
Turns out it is a French Jean Comby, [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2021, 11:24:52 am »
Well, that´s even cooler than expected.
Very rare to see the large JC engines  8)
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2021, 11:41:08 am »
You can use that out in the woods John, it's camouflaged.
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Re: Calypso's back with an old and battered engine. (Märklin)
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2021, 07:53:07 am »
Nice to have you back Calypso!

Hopefully, more great videos to come. 🤠
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