Thank you all. I am very happy with this engine - runs very nicely and I think the overall look is pretty good. The pin striping is a bit of a cheat, but it helps finish the engine appearance and if I'd attempted to free hand it I would have ruined the look - just that simple, I've never been much good at that kind of freehand detailing.
Next up is to be a Model Engineer Beam Engine - so something a bit more intricate. I have the castings, which I obtained from Reeves. I understand that there are inaccuracies in the drawings so I shall see what I can find out before I start, and then be on the lookout as I go.
Before I can get to that though, I have a new lathe coming (today supposedly), so that will have to get installed and set up first. I have been getting requests from people hereabouts for repair parts for farm equipment - mostly simple stuff - and that seems to be enough work to finance a new machine without sucking up too much spare time. Hoping to get a knee mill at some point as well. Anyway, I started a small business around that and independent mechanical design and drafting services. Figured if it takes off I'll go self employed and ditch the increasingly aggravating day job. That said I think it's highly unlikely that will happen, but if it brings in just enough loot to fund a couple of bigger machine tools that works for me.
Thanks all for your kind words - I really enjoyed this engine build, learned quite a lot along the way as always.