David Andrews Princess Royal - 6206 Princess Marie Louise

Funny you should say that, I have another friend, who is a big NER man too. He has done a B16 in full lined NER green livery, which he says they never carried but it does look good.

 

Progress has been steady due to my temporary promotion to head cook and bottle washer but this afternoon I was able to fit the loco body after first making sure that the chassis and tender ran without issue. I still need to test run with the body in place and fit a few final details but she's certainly looking pretty.


Paint job by Warren Haywood








The photos are not in the best setting but I am not geared up to take photos of something so big in my light tent.


Still to fit are front buffer and coupling, backhead, cab doors, and glaze the cinder guards.


As an aside I was recently discussing cab dials with Chris Simpson and I thought that I would share my solution to the issue. I didn't send the backhead to Warren as I had already painted it and so I had largely forgotten about the dials themselves until test fitting the backhead after paint. They were still just brass turnings. So I carefully put in a spot of Vallejo grey primer into each face and let that dry for a couple of days then I added a top coat of Vallejo Arctic White. The discussion with Chris had been around printed ones but my struggle was really getting them cut out and although I am sure that I could have probably turned a too, to do it I elected to use a 0.5mm propelling pencil and draw in the graduations and hands of the dials and I am quite pleased with how they came out and will use the method again.

 

Thanks Gents.

It's certainly been a challenge.

 

Thanks Brian,

Incidentally someone mentioned the size of her so I popped a ruler alongside and was a bit surprised that once the buffers are fitted she will come out at over 20 inches long. No wonder I am struggling to take decent photos.

 

Still creeping slowly toward the finish line. The only thing left to do fitting out wise is one cinder guard to glaze.

I did manage to get some slightly better photos still of the same side. I need to turn her round to glaze the cinder guard so I will take photos of that side then.

 

Oops I forgot to add this one.

 

Thanks Ron.

 

Thanks Gormo