I've taken some brave pills and had a go at weathering my Sentinel. I'd just finished it when I had a look at it in a few different lights, and it was way too black, even for a heavily used, unkempt loco. Fortunately the wash was still wet enough that by adding more thinners and rubbing it back with a paper towel, I was able to get it back to a more reasonable state. Not convinced it's the best job ever, but I think it looks better than the unweathered version, so I suppose it's progress.

I've also finished off the figures I was working on, just simple 3-colour jobs on most of them, with the help of a fine-tip Sharpie for facial hair. Again, I probably should have done more research into period colours before painting them, but oh well, they'll do for now.

Stats:

Number of WiFi dropouts yesterday: 16(ish) - coincidentally whenever I was uploading or downloading large PCB files, grr...

Number of days taken to work up the courage to weather the Sentinel: 5

Cumulative push-up counter: 825