Finally, "all", there's still a run the run-round points when I've decided what's going where, the point rodding is in place. I have to say the results make the effort worth while, but it's not exactly over-exciting doing it - and it holds up so many more fun things (like ballasting!). The rods at the south end have had the attentions of the P&D dept. For this I went with Halfords grey primer sprayed into a can lid and then applied by brush. This is a reasonably match for new but dulled galvanized steel, so the inevitable chalks came out and brown drawn on erratically to the rods. This was then rubbed with a finger a bit and comes out quite nicely. Some very dilute black poster paint was then applied to the stools to get a slightly oily look - these aren't oiled in real life, but the black looks right which is the name of the game? With the poor lighting I have some bits missed and will be touched up when the rest gets painted - along with the cranks etc.

Next.... signal wires... should be fun. 0.009" guitar top E strings for these, and the telegraph wires.

Oh, and the reception road trap point - completely forgot about that. As this has to be on a curve I'm going to make a simple single blade version. - rodding... Perhaps some skullduggery here I think. Still, I can get with ballasting/claying now.