Thank you for your kind comments. The oil separator does indeed privide gentle heat to the gas tank. At the end of a run the gas tank is hsnd wark which is just about perefct. In this way the waste exhaust steam heat is used to heat the gas tank and keep the pressure up.
The colour scheme is satin black, dark grey for some of the decks or courtecine for other parts all as per the books. Amidships the deck was painted as the heat from the boilers could melt the glue used to help keep the courtecine down. Notice also the two berthelon collapsible boats.
The engine geared one to one drives two counter rotating four blade coarse pitch props. I thought that by building this into the engine bed plate it would be a good idea, but was wrong as too much splash, so much so there is a splash guard bulkhead to reduce the mess. If I did it again I'd have a separate gearbox further aft. I could modify Velox but ccan't really see the point as she works just fine.
Cheers
Geoff