I started adding some detail, first the doors, here's where I realized my second mistake , I'd forgotten about the doors and made the body 1mm too wide. This was because I didn't want too much overhang at the sides of the roof and so the faces of the doors are outside the edge of the roof. I may have to fit another plastic roof over the top of the aluminium one with a larger overhang at the eaves.

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I cut the 'T' bar strapping to size, adding an angled cut-off on the ends and fixed these onto the ends of the body, these then had to be filed down as they were too deep. For the riveted corner straps I used 2mm plastic angle and formed the rivets by running a cog wheel from a clock mechanism that I keep in the toolbox for such occasions. So that's the progress to date, the body is nearing completion, I'll soon have to be thinking about the under-frame and getting the bits in to make it, A nice etched chassis would be good, there's a guy called Brian Morgan that does an etched under-frame for this at £12.50, tempting!

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As there's only a couple of photos to post up I've edited this page

I cut up and fixed the strapping to the already marked positions, and made some vents for the ends, they're only a representation because the sides were simply too small to attach successfully. When this was completed I was quite chuffed with it but then I realized I'd made it 3mm too wide!! so after much procrastination I got the razor saw out and cut it lengthwise down the middle and then removed the surplus to bring the inside width to 28mm. Then I just had to stick it back together accurately which went fairly well and fill the joins. I re-cut the joints between the boards, so we'll see what it's like when I've primed it. My final job was to add a couple of pieces of lead to the floor inside.

Here's the pics

I'll post some more pictures up when I've done some more to it.

See ya later!

i