That looks very nice indeed. Hard to imagine it's the same loco that you started off with.

Thank you!

What a stunning looking loco, really top notch job!

you like me have backed off from the red lining. i was looking ito a pen which might do it. If you solve the issue first let me know as it has puzzled me for a while.

What a stunning looking loco, really top notch job!

Thanks!

you like me have backed off from the red lining. i was looking ito a pen which might do it. If you solve the issue first let me know as it has puzzled me for a while.

I have tried a few methods for the red lining, first using enamel paint in a lining tool (good coverage but very difficult to control, the paint has to be just right in terms of consistency otherwise it either won't flow or you get a puddle).  Then I tried a Sharpie/ paint pen.  The red looks too pink and there is a minimum pen thickness that is readily available- it's 0.75mm if I remember right- so although you can get a viable result, it is far too thick (the red line on the real thing was only 1/4'' or so thick).  So then I tried homebrew waterslide transfers using an inkjet printer and some photo software.  Very easy to draw it!- but getting it down to scale thickness, it proved beyond the capabilities of the printer.  I suppose I could always use the HMRS LNER red lining- but to be honest my experience with the very thin red lines has never been positive.  The thicker white/black/white lining is very good- but the single red lines prove very fragile. 

So for the present and in the light of those experiments I have concluded with some regret that the red lining is beyond my abilities, tools, resources and patience.  To be honest, it's an omission that I don't really notice- the red lining rarely shows up in period photographs (a result of the film stock then used).  I'd also question, given how fine it has to be, just how noticeable it would be at usual viewing distances.