A bit more done this week. After moulding a pair of each water tanks they were completed by adding bent brass rod for pipes and then painted, they could then be put in place on the deck. The handrails at the rear of the boat deck were made up, painted then fitted.
the funnel was then cleaned up ready for adding the fittings to it. This took a bit of work to get the join lines right as there was a slight misalignment which needed sanding and filling to stop leaving a flat at the joint. Some of the moulded rivets then had to be replaced as they were removed by sanding. the rungs at the front then had to bent from the wire provided, a moulded jig was provided to keep them all the same. They were then fitted using a wood spacer to keep them the same depth.
Once all of the metal mouldings were fitted to the funnel it was primed in white, masked off and the top and bottom sprayed satin black. Impatience let to some over spraying needing some runs sanded back, a second spray then gave the finished result. Once the paint had dried the masking was removed to give the finished funnel. This is just sitting in place for the photo as the steam whistle and safety valve relief pipe are still to be added. I left these off for spraying as they would have greatly added to the complexity of the masking.
Jim