Locomotive and Photos by Hans Huwyler
Commentary by Richard Finlayson

Hans posted some photos on Live Steam Chat a month or so ago and they struck me as the most realistic photos of live steam that I have seen. I used Photoshop to hide a few "non-scale" details around the edges of the photos and then asked Hans's permission to share the results with you. Aster offers the Mikado in Southern livery but this locomotive started out as a standard black Mikado kit. Hans painted and detailed the locomotive and the results are... as you can see... stunning.