There's a little more progress to report on the Russell project.
Earlier in the week I painted the boiler bands. As suggested by Laal Ratty I used a coat of primer, then orange gloss, then a strip of black Trimline, followed by satin varnish. Putting the Trimline on was quite a relief - the bands looked horrific in plain orange! Anyway, here's what they looked like before I varnished...
I've been working away on other bits too, including fabricating brake pipes - thanks for the tips on hole drilling, I managed three, all in the right place! Everything's painted now and this afternoon I took advantage of the fact that my poor wife's poorly and in bed to borrow her oven and give all the bits of engine a final bake before reassembly:
I hope to put it all back together this week - then I'll have to retouch all the screws etc and maybe add a little light weathering before its finished. Or finished-ish - it still needs a wooden box for sand, red paint on the cranks, re-painting and lining the cylinders, a crew, etc etc...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Good job.
