Revell Big Boy Steam Locomotive - Almost Finished...

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The Revell Big Boy steam locomotive is practically finished. The final paint touch ups on the last parts are drying right now...

A few more things worth knowing: after a few days from applying, the decals dried and came off. So I had to find a solution to make them stay on the model. Specialists recommend using decal settling solutions. But I did not know that then and obviously I had none at my disposal, so I re-applied them onto the model using a thin layer of simple paper glue. Unlike the Revell glue, it did not damage the decals and since then they are settled on the model perfectly. The paper glue became shiny at the edges of the decals after drying, so I had to repaint those parts with a very thin brush.

I also managed to fix the first two pairs of wheels located at the beginning of the tender. They were not aligned with the rest of the tender wheels because when I had to take them down and put them back (because of the wrong assembling instructions), I could not glue everything perfectly in the place. But now I used a small rasp to make the axis holding the 4 wheels on the tender thinner and so the wheels became perfectly aligned with the others.

There is one more thing that the model would need: a thin layer of transparent, matte coating which would cover the decals and protect the whole model. But for that I need either an airbrush (which I don't have) or a transparent, matte varnish spray (which I can't find in any shop, not even online).

The pictures are coming soon...

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