An old Highway Miniatures Marion Steam Shovel kit tackled.

I started work on this model some years ago and put it back in the bin as it was too daunting. Absolute scale parts, few mounting guides and construction instructions written by someone who never finished the kit were enough to put me off.

I took it out the other day and determined to either build it or assemble some useful detail engineering parts.  The moulding work was classy but delicate, tiny and flimsy.

I persisted with the build, painting sub assemblies as I went and fixing tiny broken parts too. Here are some pictures of the process.