As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm tinkering around with "Daisy", my Regner Konrad. And as I mentioned somewhere else again, despite admitting to enjoying the odd spot of rivet counting, I still enjoy simply messing about with toy trains - and here's proof! Clearly nothing like a Konrad ever bothered Welsh Highland metals, but "Daisy" is far too useful to dispose of, and besides, she's named after one of my children, so I wouldn't dare... Instead I'm enjoying a bit of whimsical fun with her...
I'd already added the lamp removed from the smokebox of my Accucraft Baldwin, and that Wild West-esque alteration inspired me to buy a Swift Sixteen cowcatcher, which needed shortening but was then relatively easy to fit to the wooden bufferbeam using the Regner bolts that had held the pilot step in place. Here it is with the cowcatcher trial-fitted, along with some vacuum pipes that came with my second-hand Russell:
![Image](http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/cosmobonsor/Daisy%20Works/Daisy%20with%20cowcatcher_zps1b7eu8ik.jpg)
Those are attached properly now and the whole lot awaits painting. "Daisy" seems to be developing quite a Colonial look I reckon, like a loco from a sugar plantation perhaps? The next stage will be to build a tender, and then a repaint for the bodywork - I'm currently thinking an LBSCR-style umber, for no better reason than that it'll look nice...
I'll post more photos as the project progresses...
Cheers,
Andrew