I’m supposedly getting this judged at Weston in three weeks… still working on it and loads to do!
This is where I had got to:
I spent some time scratch building the details as this is supposed to be a scratchbuilt loco. I used basic styrene rod turned in my drill and took it from this:
To this – a lamp:
I still need to do some work on the bell (top right) and the tops of the lights (top left):
I “painted” them with a silver Sharpie:
And added lens from a Tamiya staff car and the Stryker (for the rear painted with Tamiya clear red). I’m using very small (1.4mm by 1mm) LEDs which are thankfully pre-wired with incredibly fine wire:
I painted my wood a few weeks ago and in a moment of confusion put the wrong bits in place so painted some more:
Then I fitted the wood in:
Progress so far:
I needed decals for a stencil but couldn’t find any decent sized ones. In the end I used these from my Stryker:
And in place:
The interior is slowly getting painted and the wood floor is in:
This is what the prototype interior controls look like:
And this is my version:
I painted up the coupler a little but it still needs more work:
And this is where I ended up today:
And this is what is left to do:
Finish painting interior details
Remaining hand rails
Coupler rail.
Scratchbuild horns
Scratch build roof detail.
Paint all end items black
Paint hand grabs
Wire lights in
Wood pilots.
Attach hand rails etc
Clutter
Write up AP paperwork.