I finished off the other two MOAs last night, and went back to give them all interiors - better to finish things straight off giving the impending deadline.

The splotches and marks are photo-based for these two, at least on the 'A' sides. I also added some graffiti to one - it's a simplified version of a tag which was on every other panel of one MOA I saw, but I ran out of steam after two The other new one has a yellow X in the corner, again from a picture. I realised too late that I've got one the wrong way around, so when they're marshalled in a rake not all the A sides are visible. I can fix this quickly by duplicating the X and turning that wagon around. I skipped a step on these and didn't do the final drybrush on the body - I forgot - and comparing the pictures I think that would be worth spending 10 minutes on later.

The wheels looked OK last night, but the acrylics rub off easily and there are already shiny patches visible. I suspect the right thing to do is strip (by looking at it!) the existing paint, then prime them properly and paint with Humbrol. Probably after the show, when I get to replacing the knuckles with screw links and doing something about the buffers. It's also possible that an artists acrylic might do a good job of these - they form a thicker paint film and are pretty resilient.

In other news, 60014 has a slightly dodgy silver door and maroon wiper plate (thanks GrimleyGrid!) and I've gingerly applied some MIG wash to the sides - so far so good. Watch this space!

Edit: found a picture of the MOAs just after I'd bought them at the beginning of August. Things have moved on a bit since then, it's quite gratifying!