Like the smoke box, tender sides and boiler sides, some obvious brush marks on the tender (sorry) but mostly better than mine so I should shut up at this point...

Perhaps an airbrush or a flat ended style "stippling" brush for the dust or try powders?

Hello

I think you are being a little too harsh on yourself there, that doesnt look that bad at all. I agree with devondynosoars comments though but to me you are 90% there and as the old saying goes "practice makes perfect".

Great work.

Missy

I don't see the aforementioned brushmarks tbh. The 9F looks very 'end-of-steam', and on its last legs.

As for the (truly) oily sheen - you may be able to find a domestic deagreasant to shift this (beware of surfacants which leave their own shine) or just use it as part of the weathering. I'm honestly not convinced that it's spoilt it. Would a matt varnish stick?

Only thing I'd consider adding would be lightly spraying a matt black vertically down to give a soot deposit along the top of the model.

You went for it big-style with this one. And you have got away with it. B)

Thanks guys, but can I just ask which pictures can you see the brush marks, so I can see where I went a bit awry?

I must admit one side of the tender looks better than the other! I think when I come to do further models with the same glossy finish, I'll spray it lightly with matt varnish.

I'm trying to avoid an airbrush as much as possible because a) I don't have one and B) unless it's a full re-livery I'd think I'd feel more accomplished in myself to learn how to hand brush weathering & c) I really can't be bothered cleaning up all the time afterwards.

Im must admit if it hadn't started to wiped the weathering job off already I would have been quite happy with it however, I think a light spray of matt varnish would help.

I yeah, I'm thinking of how to do the smoke deposites along the top without having to rely on an airbrush.

Im going to hunt around for powders & chalk pastels.