We have been away for a fortnight (in Uzbkistan – see the ‘blog) but I can now do some more on my G6.  Actually it is not going as well as I had hoped. 

The individual sub-assemblies seem to work OK and go together well; it’s just that the subssemblies seem not to align quite correctly.  As you can see above, when the boiler/smkebox and watertanks are put together, then don’t quite align and there are cracks.

On the other hand I can now put the handrails on.

Putting the handrails on proved quite a challenge: curving the part for the smokebox is difficult o get right. 

I have reached the stage where it may be necessary to start painting as I go along.  Once the subassemblies are united there will some little corners and areas under the boiler for instance, which will be quite difficult to get at by brush or airbrush.

I am hoping that one the various parts are united, and held together in various way, the alignment may all “come good”