Richard - thanks
Rick - only six, you need to get another so you can use one each day
Most I've had was three but couldn't afford to keep up the road tax and insurance on them all. As for the welder, keep watching.....
Steve - glad you like it so far, thanks
Update time......
everything got sprayed in XF-1
yet again it took nearly an entire bottle
the body parts then got sprayed in my approximation of Sandglow based on the VJ mix of desert yellow and sand brown
it is not far off and once weathered should look the part
I had forgotten how much I dislike trying to spray VJ paint but it got there in the end
I also had a moisture problem due to it being rather cold here today and the compressor running hot - even with a moisture trap every now and then the a/b would spit a burst of water due I suspect to condensation in the hose
Fitted a second moisture trap at the a/b end of the hose and that seemed to cure the problem
trolley jack painted using matt red with some clear base added for gloss sheen
drew up some cardboard boxes in cad
basic box assembled
and coloured with thinned
Tamiya flat earth
and lastly - made a start on the welding set