Happy new year all!

Today I've finished the replacement pipework on 5726. For the injector overflow pipe I've used slightly smaller washers, reamed out to fit the copper wire as I think they look a little more to scale than my previous effort. For the steam heating pipework I fancied having a go at creating the effect of cloth cladding so I've experimented with some surgical tape. Micropore has a fibrous texture and I think might be just about fine enough to look something like the real thing.

The handrails have also been completed, using Markits short 1.6mm knobs, not Alan Gibson as I'd originally thought.

Last job now is the whistles and shield before painting finally!

Steam heating pipes - Micropore around 0.4mm handrail wire by CAMBRIAN AL, on Flickr