With apologies to Michael Caine...

Before they can be blown off, hey have to be made!

The doors are basically two flat sheets which require the ends folding down to represent the door thickness and the associated hinge-points. The rest consists of a lot of small detail which I feel in certain cases could actually best be made as part of the etching. For example, the door hinges -

provided as 12 small etchings - each of which is twice the length required (I suspect that they were copied from another kit in the range). Instructions state to fix them in position and then file the extraneous half away... Easier if they'd been included as etched detail on the main door plate? Why do kit manufacturers make life so complicated? To make us think we are getting 'value for money'??

The rest of the detailing went together quite well - and I must say, with the small exception noted above, I'm very happy - so far.

I'll finish on a personal note. Bending the door sides meant using small clamps - and I'm lucky to have a couple of my late dad's old tools -

They are of course pipe clamps - nothing remarkable really, except those on the left were made by my late dad one lunch-time as a little lesson to some apprentices. The tool is made from only two pieces of steel, one of which is the spring-steel clip on top... Look at the construction and count the number of processes required. The other is an 'issue' clamp provided by 'the govmint'. Dad's is better - and I wish I had half the skills he had....

Regs

Ian