Wednesday 16th March

Coming back this evening and looking with fresh(er) eyes, the X21 rings don't look right. Too flat, where the prototype is a thin wire ring. I'll replace them with some rings made by winding 0.3mm wire round a 1.5mm drill bit. Here we go again, but it gets easier every time. A career in jewellery beckons. Yes, that looks much better.

In cleaning up with a glass fibre brush I dislodged one of the grab handles. Better now than during painting. So make another and solder in place.

The end door fits perfectly onto the pegs and in position. It won't be a working door, so it is soldered in position. Apart from the cast white metal hinge posts, which I'll fit later, that most distinctive piece of 1/108 architecture, the end door, is complete and fixed in position. And here's a photo to celebrate.

1 hour. Total 83 hours.

Next episode: I can't postpone fitting body to chassis any longer.