Matt B's chuffing cheerful Museum Piece

[mattbacon]

OK, the late running departure for steampunk station is off...




Basically, lots of parts slowly being painted with every possible metallised colour!

You get the idea, though...

bestest,
M.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Oh, good, I have been waiting for this ... love the idea, I just don't have the creativity ....

[mattbacon]

Thanks, John... making progress now:




The wheels are just test fitted here, for effect. But you can see where it's going. The tricky thing with this build is that basically you're making a set of "metal" parts, and then fitting them together, so there' not much to show until it all starts to come together finally. It's not that far away, honest...

bestest,
M.

[JamesPerrin]

I feel that you could make a clock out of all those bit's with a set of alternative instructions.

[PaulBradley]

What fun, hey!

[mattbacon]

Tick-tock...



Apologies for the flood of photos after the famine, but as I said, there's really a lot of un-photogenic painting of bits, and then you put it all together quite quickly...






I'll take some proper pictures when the weather lets me step outside for a few minutes in daylight...

So, the big question... should I apply some gentle weathering, as if it was a functional scale model machine that runs, or leave it pristine? Votes?

bestest,
M.

[JamesPerrin]

Can't help making Ivor the Engine sounds while reading this thread. Putshuka Putshuka Putshuka poop poop!

[JohnRatzenberger]

Looks so neat, I'd be (slightly) inclined to leave it pristine ....

[PaulBradley]

A little light weathering never hurt.