Tonight saw the basics of the chassis formed, everything went together well but the solebar looks very deep compared to photos.

This is made worse by an error I've made on the body, after not reading the instructions properly I've soldered the base plate flush with the bottom of the ends ?and used a shed load of solder). As such the chassis sits below the body and the solebars are even deeper still.

I'm going to have to hold the bogies tomorrow and see how it looks coupled to a Hawksworth and a sunshine third. First thoughts for fixing is to chop out the floor mounting brackets and add a new floor fixing point to the ends in the right place. unsodering is not an option as with me doing it would result in a write off)

To say I'm annoyed is an understatement