Mechanics finally complete

I've not been doing much work on the model recently, having instead been out and about enjoying the marvelous English Summer. If only.

Still, despite the crappy weather dampening my enthusiasm for most activities I have completed the mechanics to my satisfaction. The condenser does a really good job of capturing the oil in the steam exhaust, and also means the exhaust comes out at much lower pressure, with a gentle vertical cloud of steam appearing, rather than the previous jet blast scouring the ground behind the tank.

In the end I redid all the pipework to get the components in the right place. My silver soldering skills are much improved.

So now I really need to think about how the final model will look. I've never scratch-built a model, so this might take a while. Some sketches are probably in order.