10-01-2016, 05:51 AM
Thanks Wayne. I was thinking of painting the plate in red and carefully wiping it with a solvent-dampened q-tip but your way sounds a lot easier.
I am a bit stuck on the smokebox color on this model though. I've seen most of these engines having a black smokebox, a slightly different shade than the rest of the boiler but other engines with the silver smokebox. One top of that most color photos are of engines that are 'stuffed and mounted' in parks and could have been repainted. I do know that some of these have their running gear painted white to look good but wasn't prototypical.
I am a bit stuck on the smokebox color on this model though. I've seen most of these engines having a black smokebox, a slightly different shade than the rest of the boiler but other engines with the silver smokebox. One top of that most color photos are of engines that are 'stuffed and mounted' in parks and could have been repainted. I do know that some of these have their running gear painted white to look good but wasn't prototypical.