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A Stuart Twin Victoria mill engine, an imposing size model, attractively presented with polished brightwork and dark crimson livery.

Machining is in the main to a good standard, however the engine needs work including resetting the valves - it turns over freely but doesn't currently run on air - and refixing a loose flycrank.

The flywheel runs out and really needs boring and sleeving to correct - interestingly the engine has been set up with cranks at 180 degrees to each other, meaning the engine doesn't self start. While refixing the flycrank it would be an easy - and worthwhile - thing to rectify.

Funnily enough, we once had an otherwise well made 3 1/2 inch gauge Britannia come in, unsteamed from new, with the exact same problem - the wheels were "quartered" at 180 degrees, rather than 90, giving two dead centres per revolution - rather more of a problem in a locomotive than a stationary engine. We've often wondered what the builder thought when, after a few years toil he finally got to run the engine on air...

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