As Christmas draws near and the retail giants look to make as much money as possible, sorry er.. celebrate the festive season by offering a range of associated goods “Merch” to their customers who willingly part with their hard-earned cash for an in-demand fluffy creation that matches the retailers particular Christmas advert. Read more
So 20 customers have early Christmas presents after the boiler inspector was in on Monday to pass them off. Read more
Few pics of some of the boilers ready and waiting for the inspector to come in and sign off on the 14th Dec (there are others I just didn’t take photos of them all) Read more
So today we welcome to the factory our newest addition……a 4″ Little Samson. Read more
Ive included some photos of the paint process mainly lining and the top coats to show what kind of finish you can get with a brush and lots and lots of patience. Read more
This is a great photo. One of the 6″ Little Samson next to our best selling 4″ Burrell Agi just so everyone can see the size difference. Read more
She runs very well, a couple of small rattles starting to crop up as expected, the pump fills the boiler extremely quickly (quick trip around the block sent the boiler from nearly empty to nearly full), and the changes made to the regulator have stopped this one from sticking open. All in all we are very happy with how this one has turned out.
Today on this wonderful day I managed to get the engine out of the workshop, the first time in almost the two years that I have been building it (ordered at Dorset 2018). Read more
Having visited the GDSF on a number of occasions and greatly enjoyed all the full size and smaller engines on display I have taken the plunge and embarked on building a STW Burrell and being seduced by the line up of Showman’s engines it had to be the one to go for so here goes! Read more
Road run to an appropriate named pub!! Read more
