Progress is continuing on the painting. Spokes, pistons and other details under the main boiler have been added. Within the week pistons and other details should be finished which will allow me to add tracks, forefront vegetation and finally smoke. “On track” for completion around the end of April, this will allow it sufficient time to dry 👍🎨:-)

Showing further spoke and wheel details.

Progress on the painting is still continuing and I am very happy that I have now finished adding all the wheels to the locomotive, an especially tricky task taking on average around two hours to get the correct shape of each. The spokes have been added to the main driving wheels and these will be added to the smaller front wheels over the next week. Driving pistons and rods and other connecting details also need to be added along with track, forefront vegetation and smoke from the locomotive. I am hoping to have this painting finished by the end of the Easter break which will allow it plenty of time to dry for a competition which I plan to submit it into during June.

Showing all wheels in place.

Work on the painting is progressing well. I have now fully finished the tender and the wheels and other details underneath. I have also completed the body of the coach that is attached although a few more details still need to be added along with chassis and wheels. I have also started painting in the main driving wheels underneath the boiler of the locomotive. This should be completed within the next two to three months.

Showing finished tender details

Since the last update I have been busy adding the final details to the main body of the locomotive. This has been quite time consuming but worth the effort, especially the name plate and details at the bottom of the boiler. I have now undercoated the tender and main wheels and started to draw and paint this in. With half term approaching within the week I am hoping for some greater progress.

Showing the completed details on the main body of the locomotive.

I have spent few weeks adding details and other features onto the lower part of the boiler, this includes name plate, pipes and oil boxes. The handrail has been added but along with the front of the locomotive and name plate needs finishing. I am hoping to start work on the tender wheels over the next few weeks.

Showing more boiler details and name plate

Over the weekend I was able to add a few more details to the tender and main body of the locomotive. This included adding rivets to the boiler, reflections, boiler box and the locomotive number. Again this has taken a fair few hours and progress is quite slow. My next aim is to add all curved lines to the boiler, name plate and other details that sit under the boiler.

Showing further tender and boiler details

Over the past few weeks I have again continued to add extra detail to the tender and the cab of the locomotive. I have now added the BR logo to the tender along with the red and white strips that go around this, the locomotive number to the cab, rivets around the cab and a few other details around this area. Again this has been quite time consuming and so progress has been slow but steady. I am now aiming to add the name plate and other details under the main boiler over the next week before I move on to the wheels under the tender.

Showing extra details on the tender and cab

Have spent the past few days adding the curvature of the front boiler and amending lines, colours and reflections along it. This will allow me to starting adding finer details on the tender and boiler body over the next few weeks.

Showing the front boiler details

With the holidays now here and the mad rush of Christmas Shopping and other festivities all but finished I have had a bit of time to work on the painting a little more. I have added the main boiler, front chimney and other tubes and details to the painting. I have tried to ensure the colours reflected in the boiler represent the sky and the trees surrounding the locomotive but this has been difficult to achieve. Once the first layers of paint have dried on the boiler though I will have the opportunity to add more reflections and other details to the boiler.

Showing further details on the boiler and chimney.

I have made some more updates to the painting of the Lancashire Fusillier over the past few weeks. This has included adding the trees and shrubs in the background and updating aspects of the engine.