That is amazing well done love how the coin comes back into play if you over shoot

I paint them with Hammerite and they normally turn out half decent. I also paint the Aristocrats when chrome is beyond it and they normally turn out good with a bit of time spent on them. I have to admit I do go a bit radical on the colours haha but I like to be different.

I kind of worked out that’s what the thin bit of copper is for , works a bit like a slipping clutch , I stripped the complete mech down for cleaning anyways so will see how it goes after the rebuild , nice quality mechs as well

You're a godsend Nigel, thank you.

Seems to be a free spinning reel, maybe it just works off the first reel and it’s not meant to spin fast? All there is is a shaft and a little copper strip.

There had to be a way of making it spin though. There is no disc for it, like you say, so nothing to spin it.

Does anyone know what makes the first reel spin on one of these? It's not connected to anything.

Looks like the one I restored a while back

Thanks Jeremy, I may just go for that as well.

I've just had half a dozen messages and more photos exchanged with the vendor; seems a nice guy. We'll see if he adds them to his description. You've seen one recently Tom, in my front room, remember? tura-bell.jpg The paint bothers me as he's used a metallic spray and then laquered it. Could be a ...