Well, It's a bit quiet here again. so I'll add an update in the hope someone will be along later and may want to view something recently posted. Would be sorry to see this forum close.
Switched my attention over to the Engine where, for longer than I had planned, have been making tiny bits I'd delayed until I began the final assembly.
Loads of preparation before I could dodge the weather conditions and get the etch primer on during the good still, dry days since last September.
Tested the water pump and all's well, so fitted to it's permanent location-
Did some micro milling on the pump's eccentric sheave using a 1/16" diameter Slot Drill to reflect the casting style of the full size.
Finished the motion work at the cylinder end and has all the full size detail design specification incorporated-
The Back Plate carrying the regulator lever and the gear selector now has a number plaque fitted.
8mm between the fixings and the numbers bent to shape with tweezers from tinned fuse wire, sweated into a bed of solder in the recess of the plaque and painted.
The numbers relate to the boiler's certification reference numbers-
I shall be dulling off all the bright polished steel bits using the same process as in the Water Cart wheel rim faces.
The pump eccentric strap and rod (2nd pic) have been treated and look much more realistic in this scale.
I have managed to get some top coat onto the Tender/Manstand and a few other parts today, so I hope I can maintain the progress rate.
Regards.