This week has been a venture into new territory. I haven't used rivet transfers before, so it was a bit nerve racking when I finally got around to soaking the first strip. Given how expensive they are I was concerned about ruining them. I used Micro Sol to dissolve the carrier, this works really rapidly and some rivets did move and required a little nudge with the point of a knife to get them back into line.
So here the finished result. The red primer shows off the rivet texture to great effect. Just how much they will be visible once the loco is lined remains to be seen. But for now a really satisfying result!
A lot of time has been spent fitting the front coupling. Looks easy, but getting the height exact and making sure that it can swing freely took ages. After many attempts to fit a suitable spring mechanism I have left it unsprung for the time being. This can be modified later if necessary.
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