That interior looks awesome Gil.it is really fiddly getting in there since there is not much room.

Carl

Still working on the cab.
Installing the windows.
In order to avoid the need to glue in the clear plastic window I am going to install a lining to the frame which I will paint. This will give a better finish then the MDF but as I am leaving a small rebate for the plastic I can avoid the chance of any glue on the plastic once installed as it will be held in place by the outer fancy cover.

When I get to the side windows I want these to work in so far as they will slide open and closed. This I will achieve (I Hope ) by again installing a lining but this time I will leave a gap down the center of the lining.

we shall see

More pictures to follow

Pictures of the Cab so far.

I have modified the side windows so they now can be open and closed

The roof is not yet attached. It is my plan to leave this as a removable item so that the inside of the cab can be viewed. Will have to modify some of the pipework but not to much. Seemed a shame to hide the inside of the cab when there is so much to see.

I have not yet attached the transfers, will leave this for later to avoid damage

Now to continue with the tender and smoke stack. Been leaving this as I intend to use a ponce wheel to create the rivet effect where required. Not used one before so this will be interesting/challenging. I have been trying out the wheel on some offcuts from the model. The Trick seems to be make sure the item to be marked is firmly attached to the bench or else the row of "rivets" tends to wander. Also make only one pass with the wheel and don't rush it

More later

The Blue I used is French Blue from Admiralty Paints mainly because I had some left over from my Victory Build but I like the result

When you spray paint if you use water based paint do you dilute, if so what ratio do you use. I am thinking of starting spraying rather than brush paint but have no experience of this.

The dials for the cab are transfers and they seemed easy enough to attach, will be interesting to see if the larger transfers are as straight forward

Have started with the ponce wheel to produce the "Rivet" effect

So far I am happy with the results, will be interested to see how it looks after painting

Those rivets look great.I found it hard to get good straight lines using a pounce wheel but you seem to have mastered it.

I am using rivet decals.I have applied a couple of coats of semi gloss black to the chimney and now I will apply the decals and overspray a final coat of paint.Same on the tender and boiler.

We will see how well the decals work.

Carl

Looking good Gill and the rivets are also looking great

Been busy painting and applying the transfers supplied with this model

Not the easiest of jobs. The larger of the transfers where easier but the thin lines are fragile and after several attempts and damaged transfers I went to plan B, that is to replace all the thin lines particularly on the cab with home made lines of brass rods, took longer but was easier on my blood pressure.

Will need to touch up the paint work particularly on the cab as the attempt to add the transfer and their subsequent removal and caused some minor damage to the paint work.

Some of the transfers are also "home made" as the original logos did not show up too well against the paintwork.

Once I am happy with the paint job on the cab I will be adding the boiler to the cab and installing both on the train chassis, lots of fiddly bits to add then

More to follow

Looking great Gil and nicely done

Starting to look more like a train now