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Spokesmann
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A nice looking machine... c1965-67
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les
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| silverfoxsteam wrote: | Ordinary enamel (Humbrol) - it's worked well for me!
My whistles mostly 'whistle'! Are you over filling the boiler Les? They tend to sound better the drier the steam. |
Thanks for the advice re the paint, I thought the heat might peel the paint off but as it happens I do have some Humbrol enamel here. Re the whistle, yeah I have tried it after the boilers used up a lot of the water but it still tends to hiss rather than whistle. 
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les
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I have found that by tweaking the angle of the whistle lever I can in fact get my whistle to whistle. Full on is past the point of whistle and all it really needs is closing a bit more.
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silverfoxsteam
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Nice one! 
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