Due to the high level of interest in this thread, I forgot to take photos of the inner cabin and its construction. Needless to say it was a fun experience and it looks really great inside. (irony can occur, as I believe it might have just done). I just forgot the photos lol.
Green carpet and trim details through the cabin and seats. Black IP. white everything else! lol.
That out the way the exterior cabin:
As Mick mentioned in his build the distractions call for the side windows and the door cards to be fitted to the inside of the doors prior to construction of the external panels. I found the best way was to do just that then attach and glue the sides of the cab to the rear wall. Let that set up and then you can bend it open and get the doors pop in to the right place. Almost. A bit of pushing and squeezing helped it the last mm or so.
A bit of masking tap clamping and left overnight.
Quite a clever design as all the panels are panels in real life, so if you where really careful you could maybe paint the whole exterior then build it. I thought better of it though lol.
Today was a day of all the fiddly little bits that need sorting and painting. Some of which I judged to be easier to manage if fixed in place and primed 'on site' so to speak then paint them with a brush (!) after the body colour has been sorted.
Body bits on the Left in the white plastic ready for a splash of primer then paint of some form. most of the parts on the Right need to be satin black. This however is on its way from the hobby shop so not much going on these except primer.
The chassis and wheels are painted!
Oh the dregs in the bottom of a
Tamiya satin black are a great high gloss black if you are interested. lol
More soon.
