Steam Loco Kit- Video #5- Tender 

The loco was painted with Micro-Mark's Microlux Grimy Black. I don't know whether there is any green in it, but I don't see it myself.

My supply of fine wire comes from years of snipping off wire from the wiring harnesses of DCC decoders when the wires needed to be shortened. I always save those little bits of fine wire. I don't know the exact gauge, but such wire typically seems to be of very high quality, i.e. very fine wire and very flexible. It may be something like 30 gauge, but I'm not sure.

@@CarlBrainerd my supply of scavenged fine flexible wire is about dried up looking for a source

@@2nd66tube2 I haven't had to actually buy any in recent memory, but I do see that Amazon advertises 30-gauge wire in colors. Surprisingly, Walthers does not seem to carry real small wire. A pretty good source looks to be Soundtraxx. They carry 30 gauge wire in appropriate colors that they say is "ultra flexible". If it's like the wire on their decoders, it should be great.