Now for my final build post of this year.
A shot of the parts that still need painting and fitting, safely stored away. So far I have lost just one piece out of a total of over 1760 pieces and that pinged off into the distance somewhere. Luckily, I can scratchbuild a replacement easily enough:
I have started to fit the frames to the tops of the bogies. I can't fit the other frames until the wheels have been painted and fitted:
I found a problem with the ammunition hoists. They would not fit to the loading ramp arms so I had to perform some drastic surgery.:
Having removed the plastic from the ammunition hoists I had to glue plastic card to ensure that they would fit at the right height. They will be trimmed once the glue has dried hard:
Next it was time to fit guardrails, starting with the hoists and a couple of platforms:
The intermediate carriers got their guardrails too:
It may be a mistake doing the guardrails for the mounts so early. We will see:
Guardrails were also fitted to the loading ramps:
That is all until 2022 now. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Dave