Dear All,
I thought you may like to see an update on this painting - not model engine making, I'm afraid, something I hope to retart in the New Year (now only a couple of weeks away!) The driving wheels have been causing me such problems - they were 6'8" (1.72m) on thye locomotive and had 20 spokes. To date I've drawn them so that 1. They weren't in the same plane as the loco frames; 2. They were too small; 3. They were too far apart; 4. Too many or too few spokes that weren't spaced optically correctly. I hope I've overcome these problems. You know it may be simpler if I modeled the loco and then painted it - I think there's an O gauge etched kit available...costly, though.
I hope you like it,
Cliff