It will end in tears before bedtime

That really is nice! I was going to give it a well-deserved Craftsmanship/clever, but your dread of weathering (a genetic trait, I suspect) made me choose the heart instead.

BTW the photo is great, but because you've only used it in the header photo, not in the main text as well, readers have to right click on the photo and choose View Background Image to see the models in all their glory.

Thanks Ian, It was meant to go in the body of the post, but something went wrong. Now corrected

Nothing the matter with those at all.  I like that you used Kadees.  If you don't plan to use a magnetic uncoupler (I always used a bamboo skewer) you could snip those trip pins.  I always thought they looked ridiculous on British stock.

 

As for weathering I think you do need to be in a state of mind.  Equipment helps too, like an airbrush and compressor.  Find some photos, preferably colour, to give you a sense of how they looked.

 

John

Thanks John

 

The Kadees are an experiment. I want delayed uncoupling, but having just bought the loco I can't bring myself to cut the NEM pockets off to fit something like Sprat & Winkle, I bought some No 18s for the loco and I'm trying them out.  I'm interested in how you use the bamboo skewer to uncouple

 

Ian Simpson - You're going to have to add Bamboo skewers to the coffee stirrers and Lottery cards in your modelling box :-)

Edited June 6, 2020 by Spodgrim