Thanks, chaps! On the home stretch now (as I should be, given the date!)
That's the engine done. The exhaust headers have no positive location, with just a pair of very vague "pins" and equally vague "dimples" in the block, so I ended up having to build a jig. They're pretty solidly attached now, though. I used Citadel Nuln oil as a wash to bring out some of the casting detail.
Firewall and diff in position, and that oh-so-essential braking parachute.
The hot seat. The straps are moulded detail which paints up quite nicely...
Engine in place. You can see the rather precarious position of the driver, whose legs reach over the top of the diff to the pedals. Which places the diff in a rather scary position. If it started spitting out fast-moving rotating bits of metal, the consequences would be eye-watering.
The most difficult bit of the whole build! That steering drag link has no good locations on any of the three parts or the frame. The upper steering linkage has a rod sticking out which they appear to want you to butt-join to the rod on the steering box. which would leave it hanging in the middle of nowhere. I think it's a consequence of re-using and combining sprues. Anyway, I cut it off and drilled out the top of the linkage to fit over the rod on the steering mechanism... much tidier.
Chassis fitted to the lower shell. Only the front suspension and wheels to fit now.
And a trial fit to get a sense of what it will look like...
Should be done tonight or tomorrow, latest, I think.
bestest,
M.
). Black & orange always look good.
