Stanley has come together very nicely since the project started a couple weeks ago, and is almost near the stage where he is to be given a primer undercoat before being painted in the desired livery. I am unsure what colour his paintwork is, and i can tell now by looking at his picture that he is definately not silver like Spencer. But, i have come across a nice looking grey paint which near enough mateches the tv series model.
Stanley has been given a new boiler, the first boiler i made melted due to the plastic being too thin, so i used a thicker peice of plasticard sheet, and it looks alot better now, the coal bunker has been completed and will soon be filled with realistic model coal. The buffers and running plate are complete, i just now need to find some OO scale 'leaf' loco springs and add the pipework as shown in Stanley's screenshot from the Great Discovery movie. Also, the cab is now complete and a whistle has been added (borrowed from the Bachmann Junior 0-6-0 tank).
So yeah, the model is almost complete, just a few more tidbits to add to him, and he wil be ready for the paintshop. keep checking back for more soon...
Photos © Daniel Snell 2009
Fantastic work Dan! Looking very nice!
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