The E2 is coming along nicely - I'm currently working on the replacement steps.

It also now has the Westinghouse pump, and a lot of the pipe work that Brighton locos seemed to be cover with at the end of their lives. I've also fitted the brake gear, using a Mainly trains etch. Still to do are the buffer beam fittings and the pipe work under the footplate. It should be ready for painting in a few weeks, but now finally looks like an E2.

The T1 is mostly painted and lined. This was my first attempt at lining by hand, using acrylics and a cheap Jakar ruling pen. It's not perfect, and will benefit from some more tidying up before I add transfers and the remaining fittings.

The real E75 was in a grubby state when H C Casserley took the photographs I'm working from in 1930, so the weathering should hide any imperfections in the lining. Not so filthy that you'd write a letter of complaint to the Times when it showed up to work your train, but it clearly hadn't been cleaned for several weeks.