Yes another Mad Max build this one will be steam powered.
The required napkin drawing.
What I will be building it on. It is a New Bright and one of the first G scale that we got.
See you in Valhalla! 
Made some progress today. Look close and you can see two harpoon guns and a Gatling gun and the canon on the back of the tender.
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No progress yesterday, granddaughter came over and we made bee hives, I am getting a second hive and she is getting her first this spring.
Progress today, I mocked up some of the engine, I like to use cereal box card board to see how it is going to look before I cut plastic.
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Mark, your builds are getting better and better. I quite like the cereal box cutout idea.
Thanks. The cardboard saves plastic.
Some progress. The roof is just sitting and nott attached. Few more final touches to do than send it to the paint shop.
You better rerail the trailing wheel set before you send it to the paint shop !
I didn’t see that I will fix it. The paint shop didn’t seam to be to excited about painting it, I will have to see how that goes.
Mark;
But at least if Moby Dick decides to beach on the tracks, your locomotive will be ready!
Have fun, David Meashey
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Did some painting, put the base coat on then its reassembly and off to the paint shop. Marie has watched some weathering videos and is still hesitant to start painting.
I always love that first coat of paint. For me, it’s the moment where it all starts to come together. Looking forward to the weathering! (My favorite part!)
My wife Marie does most of the painting and she has never done any weathering and is hesitate to start.
Mark,
I don’t really weather however if I decide to weather I prefer " Pastel Chalks" it’s smooth, easy and light on the wallet. They are (or at least for me) kinda messy as I shave with razor blade and rub in and sometimes dust with a brush. Oh and sometimes on the boys face when he’s sleeping.
Whats great, if you don’t like it you can wash it off with water. Now if you do like it then you can mist it with “hair spray” to seal it. Then if you still don’t like it you can wash them both off with water and start over.
We have not weathered anything before. Marie has been watching videos and every body does it differently. The pastels I think would be nice as we could wash it off and try again. Thanks for the idea.