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Many thanks guys. Hope all are well and upbeat on the anticipation of getting back to normal. I'll try and make greater progress on this before I post more pics after this post. Along with other parts, I have managed to get the last top coat on the Tender/Manstand part of the engine which was giving me a challenge trying to keep it free of contaminates while spraying. Completed the assembly of the front axle with the addition of the 'Spud' ring and pan design to the model- The 'Pan' part was fabricated with a lid from a Duraglit tin. The design was copied from photos of a full size T Engine. Fitted the finished wheels that have smaller hub caps and correct style 'Oilers'- The colour is a dark royal blue over black primer which is close to Prussian blue. There will be no fancy fairground colours or coach lines, as this is to be representative of a 'bog standard' utility general purpose engine. While it is mainly still in bits, I take the opportunity of fettling the 'motion' parts to ensure they are all clean, close fitting, but smooth. The con rod is a redesign to full size spec, which was a bit of a challenge when I made it 30 years ago with little experience of working metal or machines- The all important Reversing lever and quadrant are also redesigned as per full size versions. For size comparison, the 3 tapered pins in the weigh shaft (bottom) are 3/64" dia (1.2mm)- The finish on the lifting linkage below is after it has been dulled off with sulphuric acid, which makes the appearance more in scale. The tiny split pin in view is 1/32" dia (0.8mm). I had to reduce the size a bit and make 10 of them- I hope to make more progress in a week or two and hopefully start to look like an engine. Regards.

I can't believe what my brother brought back from the local car boot sale this morning, an Orline (Edit: actually a CARBRA) hedge trimmer with an O&R model 20A engine!! I don't think I've seen a model 20A engine on a hedge trimmer before and the it's first 20A I've seen in the UK (apart from on a chainsaw I have, but that was imported from the US). It has been repainted at some point in the past, but the back of the engine housing still has the some of the original white paint on it though. The engine is a model 20A type 333, seems they riveted the model & serial number plates to the 20A engines instead of using the cylinder plate that gets lost on the later 13A/B engines. David

A bit of using online translate to French (Carbra taille haie) & I've found another here; https://www.paruvendu.fr/annonces/maison-jardin/taille-haie Here are the pictures as the link will probably stop working once it's sold. And some pictures of the Cox/Roper powered version here; https://www.motoculture-jardin.com/forum/detail.php?forumid=2&id=1759&p=1#detail David

Apparently the 20A333 engine is the correct engine for this Carbra hedge trimmer, the information I have states that this engine was first used in 8-27-73, which matches the date coded into the serial number. And the Carbra hedge cutters are French, which may explain why they aren't very common in the UK. David