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Can’t believe its been 18 years ago this month that I bought my first Wheelhorse, have got some good memories and I’ve still got it.

Happy birthday Jonathan, hope you have a great day under the circumstances

happy birthday Jonathan!

happy birthday Jonathan keep putting one foot in front of tother

Good morning Lovely weather for the time of year had a great day at the workshop yesterday , some of you will remember this machine i bought just before Lockdown number 2 . Well i thought it was time to remove it from my trailer and start to clean away years of grime and discover more about this conversion purchased a new drive belt and it fitted well . First to get attention was the mag and the carb this done it was time to try and start it , 2 pulls and away it went not bad, last ran at least 10 years ago when i seen it first . now how to preserve what is left of the seat and wooden mudwings as the wood worm seems to have left the building, any ideas would be most welcome thanks

Well, It's a bit quiet here again. so I'll add an update in the hope someone will be along later and may want to view something recently posted. Would be sorry to see this forum close. Switched my attention over to the Engine where, for longer than I had planned, have been making tiny bits I'd delayed until I began the final assembly. Loads of preparation before I could dodge the weather conditions and get the etch primer on during the good still, dry days since last September. Tested the water pump and all's well, so fitted to it's permanent location- Did some micro milling on the pump's eccentric sheave using a 1/16" diameter Slot Drill to reflect the casting style of the full size. Finished the motion work at the cylinder end and has all the full size detail design specification incorporated- The Back Plate carrying the regulator lever and the gear selector now has a number plaque fitted. 8mm between the fixings and the numbers bent to shape with tweezers from tinned fuse wire, sweated into a bed of solder in the recess of the plaque and painted. The numbers relate to the boiler's certification reference numbers- I shall be dulling off all the bright polished steel bits using the same process as in the Water Cart wheel rim faces. The pump eccentric strap and rod (2nd pic) have been treated and look much more realistic in this scale. I have managed to get some top coat onto the Tender/Manstand and a few other parts today, so I hope I can maintain the progress rate. Regards.

Here’s my version. Pretty much unused.

Just about done...