It's been quite a while, but now I can finally answer you
My next project has just been acquired, and it is going to be a danish steam train. DSB Litra S to be exact. I don't have any pictures of the starting point just yet, but I will create a new thread so you can follow this project too. But for starters you'll have to settle with a look at the prototype:
http://www.jernbanen.dk/damp_so...?Selskab=1&LokID=980

Hi Mikael,

I am very pleased with the choice of model. As a boy in the late part of the 1940's my father often took me to HELLERUP station on sundays where we watched the express trains led by the S-machines rushing through at full speed going to Elsinore or Copenhagen. The S-machine running forwards or backwards equally. While standing on the platform holding on to some railings we felt the heavy wind and had an incredible noise in our ears from the train passing us just about 3 metres away. Quite an experience, I just loved it.

It will be very exiting for me to follow your work. Good luck.

Edited: BTW, which version have you chosen to build, the 1940... one with the huge smoke deflectors or the 1930... without deflectors I never saw the one without the deflectors.

Nice link to the 736. I noticed that the front lantern arrangement was changed more than once. Originally, besides the top lantern at the center, one lower at the center (1930), to one lower to the righthand side (1975) to finally two lower.

looks good and a unique model.
you had a question about metallic paints, and how to make them shine. Have you ever tried the metallizer type spray paints (airbrushing), like alclad? There are some other brands too, and some model airplane builders use them for achieving natural metal finishes (like WW2 USAAF planes, and early jet age military, like the F-86, etc). after spraying these they should be buffed out to achieve a greater luster (cotton ball or qtip might work on your lights. they need a very smooth subsurface for best effect. these paints work very nice.

another option may be bare metal foil. it may take complicated curves like the light socket.