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Thanks for the pointers ('scuse the pun) on ignition options. Here are some shots of the work I did on the cylinder head before Christmas. I misread the drawings and ended up putting an extra fin on the head, but I think I just about managed to improvise my way around the error. Hopefully the...

Hi thanks, yes I am enjoying using the articles as well as the helpful advice found in this forum. One decision I have is what to do with the ignition as there was no spring steel or tungsten points in the kit. What did you do?

Thanks, quite a way to go yet!

The cylinder casting was out of spec. so I had to reduce the diameter of the fins quite a bit to fully clean up the casting.

Machining the engine bearers and getting to work on the cylinder liner.

Finishing off the timing cover. Milling and boring the cylinder platform.

Here is the other side of the crankcase and timing cover.

Here are are some shots of the work on the crank case.

Hi there, I recently joined the forum and have been viewing and enjoying some of the content posted by you all. I have been enjoying getting into the hobby of model engineering for the last 2 to 3 years, mostly making workshop tools and a couple of steam engines. I thought I would take the...

Here are a few photos of a couple of Stuart models that I completed. The V10 was my first real steam project and is a little rough round the edges. The S50 I completed more recently and has come up quite nicely. I'm currently working on a Kiwi Mark II, my first IC engine and I've been taking...

Thanks, yes it was quite a job, but perfect for the long lockdown!

That’s strange, I had a look on my phone and on my iPad and they played fine. So I’m afraid it must be you!

Video of engine running back together and running on a rig. And then the finished result!

Some examples of the detailed work

Slightly off topic for this forum, but I thought it might be of interest to a few. Last year I had fun restoring a 1952 LE Velocette motorbike that my father-in-law bought as a wreck 20 years ago and never did anything with. It was quite an involved 'lockdown' project that required a complete...

Interesting re Nevi Shute, I'll have to look that up.

All very familiar haunts for us!

Thanks Peter, Yes those mature conkers trees are still all around Ealing Common. It’s a nice part of the world we think! Cheers Richard

Hi there, mi name is Richard and I have just joined the forum. I retired last June and am now spending much more time in the workshop - hoorah! After a few steam engines and some workshop tooling, have recently embarked on my first IC engine - Westbury's Kiwi Mk2 using castings from...