Well, looks like the holes on the stanchions I ordered are too small for the handrail wire (1 mm) that I have (reusing the original handrails). Tried drilling out the ends to 1 mm, but that just removes the end once the bit starts to cut. So, it's either find some other suitable stanchions, or figure out some way to create ends for the stanchions with 1 mm holes (Thought of using seed beads, but when the size is right, the hole is too small). Only need to make 2 (hopefully, lost 1 and broke 1 in the removal). Other than the holes in the end, the stanchions I got are fairly close matches.
So, with that at a temporary standstill, I fabbed up a mount for the generator and got that attached, and gave everything a light coat of primer to check for any areas that need further work before the serious plumbing starts. Which presents, of course, another problem. I've got good detail pics of 2 M3as models, but neither of them are close to each other, or pics of the actual engines as far as plumbing goes (though good detail shots don't, for the most part, exist), and even the actual engines don't match each other (depending on the year, repairs, modifications, etc). So I'm going to have to plan this out as a "most likely" thing and take a bit of artistic license. Also threw some paint on the parts of the chassis I had to modify to fit the larger smokebox.
