Another new restoration project sourced from eBay for the bargain price of just under £30 will add an Oxford Rail Dean Goods to the loco fleet.
The source model is the later release (with single flywheel and coreless motor), has had a very bad respray (along with some damaged detail parts) and was sold as a non runner because the seller was confused about the loco - tender coupling and DCC. In fact it is just a standard DCC ready release and once loco and tender are connected runs nicely.
A break in the rain this evening allowed me to get the Dean Goods painted, Halfords etch primer at lunchtime followed by a coat of their satin black. This was followed by a first pass at weathering, adding a dirty black/brown mix to the frames and footplate and a start to dirtying up the boiler top. It needs transfers (for which I’ve ran out of GWR transfers for the tender) before it can be mat varnished so I can get on with the weathering powders. For the moment it looks a bit odd with dirt