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willbur
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decided all it needed was a very much needed good clean. nothing repainted chrome sides not faantastic but good enough  . just got a few bits to buy for it and will be complete again.
got to be worth atleast £13 now :yeah:
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Spokesmann
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Thats a remarkable transformation.
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Mamod Collector
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| Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Its just like new
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Spokesmann
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I would add to this thread that the only difference between the G&G SP4 and the 'ordinary' SP4 is the applied decal by Griffin educational Supplies, the same can be said for the Griffin badged SP5 (of which a few have appeared from time to time). There was a myth perpetuated by some ill-educated fools that they were all silver soldered, I have found no evidence to back this up whatsover, as far as my research can tell only the original G&G SE3 of 1969-c1972 was silver soldered, produced in batches up to a total of 2,000 units, and until recently was the only one which could boast this feature.
That said the sticker does probably signify that the engine was once used in schools and was supplied by Griffin - which gives it some historical provenance. To my knowledge Griffin still supply Mamod engines to schools. I can recall the SE3 used in my school, which was stored in the school prep lab between the Chemistry and Physics labs. To say it had a hard life was an understatement - it was totally black, save for a few specs of red on the baseplate. The schools engines were lucky to survive a few years with poor treatment and a total lack of care, the fact yours has survived is credit to a well built and designed Malin's inspired engine.
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willbur
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im guessing not a great deal of these survive school ? this one did look as if it had been fired with firelighters and there was also half burned cotton wooll in the firebox  there for some reason were also blobs of what seemed like super glue on the boiler and chrome sides. and the sightglass was in bits inside the boiler 
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Typical school/schoolkids use!
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John Chapman
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silverfoxsteam
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Will - that's really excellent. To get that result from just a clean up must have taken a lot of hard work and painstaking care getting into all the 'nooks & crannies'.
A lovely looking engine, I'm sure it'll perform really well.
Makes me want to increase the SP range in my collection. I only have examples of the SP1 & SP2.
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