Progress update, but no piccies.
Painting of the bodywork, with all the nooks and crannies usually associated with steam locos, has been slow but steady. Because I’m curmudgeonly and resist the lures of cellulose paints, I’m doing old school Humbrol gloss black, which does take a fair old time to dry. Several sessions of filling in the bits I missed earlier has resulted in a pretty good gloss coat.
I’ve just done some further infills, and I’m now going to leave it alone for the rest of the day. If it’s dry enough, I’ll bring it downstairs and set the model on the bench to let the vapours gas off fully and the paint to harden for a few days. I’ve found this works well, and the resulting finish is surprisingly tough.
All being well, I hope to have the model mostly assembled to take to Doncaster next weekend.