I have added a lot of the undercarriage now. I still need to add some suspension where you see gaps between the boiler and wheels.

The back end of the train is not finished, ignore it. I haven’t got the pole in the right place, the one holding the end of the hose/pipe. I’m getting to the stage where I am tired of having to work out from lots of references where every little thing goes. I just want to put it where it looks good and go and have a whiskey.

Here is the shady side (click on it – After it opens, click on it again to make sure you are seeing the full size):

Here is the sunny side (The John Deere steam train ):

Hopefully I can finish all of the things that are missing under the boiler, plus everything in the red boxes below, over the weekend so that I can start on the inside of the cab next week. I have no idea what the inside of this train is supposed to look like.

There sure are a lot of parts in this train. Never a day goes by where I don’t wish I started with this: