Time to pretty up this steam engine with some beading. According to the instructions in the kit this is carried out with bits of brass etch including bits of scrap from the leftover metals. Nuts to that, I prefer to use a trick passed on to me by John Sutton, editor of the 3mm Scale Society magazine.Simply take some normal fuse wire, 30 Amp in this case or the fatest one of the card, clamp one end in a vice and pull the other. This straightens the wire. The solder it to the top edges of the tanks and other parts to be decorated. Fuse wire is tinned copper so it solders easily with a bit of flux. To finish off, polish with a fibre stick and a lovely job is the result.
I go a bit further and bead the whole length of the tank tops in one go, bridging the cab door in the process. This ensures a nice straight line and I can open the door up later with some wire cutters.
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