BILL - Nothing like a nice pair, thanks.
ANDY - There will be another move in about a year...again.
WILLIAM - I have always said I was going to try my hand at those larger figures....one day
Here are the figs in place.
ALL ABOARD
STEVE - Whats our Christmas countdown look like now....
MARC - Sure would like if Archer sent some money this way or maybe just a transfer set. Surprised no one picked up on the direction the eagle is looking.
The official order: Looking over the right wing was peace, over the left was combat use. Just an interesting bit of info.
CARL - I'll give you a pictorial explanation to your question.
There was the option of no numbers on the front at all which looked good and was probably the most common. I wanted a little bling though and research provided a few choices. These first choices were not chosen in the end.
OLD SCHOOL was chosen
Now just have to go back and weather the front of the boiler.
Have done quit a bit since my last post: dot filtering, weathering, exhaust added weathered and pipes wrapped in asbestos, cat walks painted and on, cab roof installed, hand rails painted and attached, and various other small bits. Will get pics up next couple days.
Have also decided that I did not like the smoke deflectors so I set out on scratch building some new ones. Here's a quick review:
Almost forgot, have also added scratch linkage. Still needs paint on it.