Busy when it Rains

Another rainy Sunday meant putting up new light fittings, hanging new things on the walls that my wife bought, etc, etc.

But I did manage to do some graphics work. A Great Northern A1 "Sir Frederick Banbury" is slowing taking shape in the 3D Room while in the 2D Room yet another LNER A4 is coming together nicely. This will be 4487 Sea Eagle in the short lived apple green livery with the black front end taken right back to the first boiler band. Yes, it was quite horrible and, thank goodness,didn't last long when all the apple green A4's were repainted with the familiar black sweeping smoke box curves. Still they existed in the former livery and so will be illustrated. After all, that is what www.elegantsteam.com is all about.

The sharp eyed will have noted the latest upload - a Furness Railway Baltic tank (4-6-4T) engine. I had a lot of trouble with the body colour. A brick red colour NOT to be confused with MR or LMS red.

Thanks to John Fitton who noted my errors on 6228 Duchess of Rutland. He pointed out that the tender should not be fitted with rear frame mounted steps on the tender. He's absolutely right, of course. 6228 was originally a streamlined locomotive in red and gold and, upon destreamlining, the tender was cut down but the curved rear mounted tender ladder was retained. It was a 10ton tender as well with higher sides. A new tender is currently under construction in the 2D Room and will attached to 6228 upon completion. Thanks John.

Onward and upward