With the sides complete the body was then boxed up. As ever, very conventional but well thought out slot and tab design made it quite easy to get a solid square body.
Now the real fun begins! Detailing. A few etches , some castings (all brass!) and some wire. A prototype photo was extremely useful here. I changed out the wire for the brake indicators and added a couple of bits of scrap brass to the ends for the indicators themselves. The only omission I've found so far in the kit is that it is short a couple of lamp brackets for the underframe, an easy fix with scrap etch.
The roof is a really nice injection moulded plastic piece. Well, actually 2 to get the length. A bit of cut'n'shut and a small amount of filler got the length right. I like that the centre line is moulded into the inside, makes getting the lamp tops loned up extremely simple. Unfortunately this is where the instructions fail, clearly being adapted from another kit and the quoted spacing is wrong. A little care and attention here required but otherwise no problem.
Beginning to experiment with painting Mansell wheels.
Best regards from Stockholm, George!
