Needed to give some thought as to how much cab detailing is to be fixed into place before the painting stage, as there will be difficulty in painting individual details once the cab sides and back are assembled.

The cab floor will need to be glued in place before painting as it is impossible to drop it in past the narrower cab sides.
The kit provides some very thin ply which I was concerned would warp during the scrubbing and cleaning preparation.

So I first made a plasticard test piece. I preferred the look of ply so have decided to give it a coat of gloss varnish both sides to minimise any problems, although I wetted a test piece and no problems were encountered.

I spent this afternoon assembling the cab sides and end, which I fitted guard irons to the windows.

Basically , everything either side of the backplate is now fixed in place, the backplate is removeable to aid painting it.