Thanks chaps, and on with the show. Heres the next one that I have started airbrushing with more success. Its the Big Boy Locomotive No. 4004 from Revell in 1:87 (HO I think). These Locos went out of service in the USA in 1966. The model itself is an old Monogram model in a Revell box. It is more or less all together except for a few pipes and hoses and it went together ok. The crux of the apostrophe (to quote Frank Zappa) will be in the paint job. I have done some sniffing around on tìnternet ànd allthough shiny new it looks ok I have opted for summat similar to an old well used version (see piccie). This will be a challenge of weathering and playing around with the airbrush and all sorts of dabbing and other techniques. So this is the start, 2 bogies, a tender and the main body itself. 4 models in one really. It is a bit long (over a foot) to get into one piccie and still see what is going on so I have split it down for ya! (The bogies are the same colour by the way, t`s just the lighting)