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Old 2nd August 2014, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Colin Dix View Post
Her is a photo of my Ruston along side an exhibitors 6" version at Welland. Amazing how scale works. One does not look twice as large as the other!
That's exactly why I hate people describing 6" as "half size" when it isn't. The maths works out that the full size engine occupies 8 times as much space in terms of volume as the 6" model. I know full well that my 6" Burrell is nothing like half size.

Nice to see it illustrated with a photo though Colin.

Your engine is real credit to you. I'm looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.
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