Well today was able to work a bit more on the coal loader this morning. Having a few issues with the directions though. It says after gluing the four corner braces in place to "drill #76 holes, pre-paint large N/B/W casting and glue in place." . What the heck is a N/B/W ? The parts list, lists all castings as the metal bits none are N/B/W. the plastic parts do list N/B/W, but the only bit I see is the flood light shade. I'll press on with assembly, sure to figure it out later. I can a least follow mostly with the drawings.

First image shows a few of the metal bits to clean first. Had to wear the magnifying visor for these.

After a coat of pavement black acrylic, so they look a bit like cast iron.

A coat of Barn wood gray on the main frame. I used my hobby knife to score grain lines first.

Assembling first half of boom assy. More to come in part 3...