Things seemed to move on very quickly , until I started to detail the cab that is!

The rods fitted very well and it all pushes along very nicely.

The resin bonnet was detailed p with the very nice lost wax castings. Again, in my attempts to get the most weight I can into the model, I have drilled the fuel tank and filled it with lead shot. Am sure there will be some scope for adding weight inside the bonnet but will wait until motor and chip are fitted.

And then the cab......

The basic structure went together well with extra weight being added behind bulkhead, in the tool box, in the sand boxes - pretty much any hole I could find. Then the detailing - this seemed to take forever! Some of the etched items really are on the edge of practicality being SO small AND requiring bending. After a fair bit of cursing and finger burning it did all go together nicely - then I dropped it! Yes, being very good and taking it to the kitchen to rinse off the flux after the final late night session I managed to knock it straight out of my hand and onto the floor. You can imagine the language. It stayed in one piece but adopted a rather displeasing rhomboid shape that I have still not managed to completely rectify. Anyway, here it is all sitting together and awaiting some paint. I have decided to paint the frames at least at this stage even though it hasn't run yet as don't want to dismantle it once it is running. Strangely, I don't seem to have taken a pic of the cab interior - obviously didn't want to be reminded of it!