Cheers guys
I did say that I needed to take a step back and see just how much I could build before painting started. I have fallen foul of the issue of building a model that has interior detailing to the point where I could not effectively paint the insides. Patience is not one of my strong points. This model is a classic of how easy it would be to go a step too far as it has some 'interesting' construction concepts that I will detail here.
First of all, because this kit is an adaption of a basic hummer to make it an ambulance, the body, well the rear body, has had the most new parts added. This includes a false (additional) roof and floor for the back. So, up to the stage pictured below, it is a standard Hummer
To make it into the ambulance, the outer body parts are added to give it this shape
The next image shows that without the roof, the over cab extension has the two panels that in the real vehicle gave headspace for crew moving from the rear to the cab. However, as it stands, these two sloping panels will never see the light of day once the roof is on.
The rear body has a inner roof as can be seen in the rear of the picture, in the foreground is the outer roof and rear panel
This next shot shows the additional floor that goes in and the bulkhead separating the cab from the ambulance body. In fact there are two more side panels to go in which actually cover a fair amount of the bulkhead details. In the centre of the bulkhead is the crew access door.
For additional interest and to utilise those over cab roof panels, I decided to pull it apart and cut out the crew access door to position it as open. It looks messy where I pulled the floor panel off but it is not in its final position here, just roughly placed so that will clean up OK. The two lines on the floor sides just behind the thin vertical bars are the location points for the two additional panels mentioned above which will cover a lot of the bulkhead when viewed through the rear doors
So, before I can go much further, I have to paint and detail the inside of the Ambulance body before I can put the false roof on. I also have to paint the cab interior and fit the glazing before I can mount the rear bodywork. Only then can I add the rear panel and outer roof before painting the exterior. All in all, a bit of a puzzle to build and it does mean building a fair bit after a lot of finish painting has been done.
Well worth taking a break and forming a strategy before just slapping glue on and getting stuck.