It's been a while since I did any work on the B Set but a recent spurt has seen me detailing the ends and roof and getting some primer on the whole lot - all the easier to pick problems not readily apparent to the eye when everything is brass. The end-steps are from Slaters and the lamp irons are from Frogmore but the roof vents are the whitemetal jobbies that came with the original kit. The roof seams are picked out in HO 1" x 2" Evergreen Plastic sweated on with lots of MEK. The roof corners on the ends are Milliput putty filed to shape and most of the rest of the detail is brass wire and bits of plastic. I did rebuild the gutters with HO 2" x 4" Evergreen Plastic which I think look better for being a bit beerier than what the kit provides and are able to over hang at the ends just a little bit - just like the real thing.
As you can see from the video posted elsewhere - they ran nicely on their maiden voyage but I want to tweak the running a bit before proceeding with the paint job.
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