Michael's Werkbank (Bavarian PT2/3)

[michael080]

A detail worth to mention are the brass valve gear. They would have been ugly in their yellowish colour and the manuals proposal to tin them didn't seem very feasible. I had read some time ago about a DIY method to chemically plate brass with nickel and that is what I tried.

before and after plating the brass parts.

 

[Chas Levin]

Wow - that looks really good! Trying out plating is on my to-do list, o this is very interesting... might have to move it up the list a bit.

 

[michael080]

Wow - that looks really good! Trying out plating is on my to-do list, o this is very interesting... might have to move it up the list a bit.

Give it a try, it was really simple.