Hi David,
The AA stuff is good to work with, there's normal clean up and their PE is well marked for shaping. There can be the odd missing bit in the instructions but someone usually comes up with the answer or you can email Derek for clarification. He's always very helpful.
There was quite a lot of cutting required in this one, the engine deck had to be changed and of course the top and front end. As both this and the ARV have big hatches (lol,lol) I fashioned an interior for both on what diograms I had and best guess.
The only down side of this build were the lifting blocks that come as one piece so a lot of little holes had to be drilled in order to feed the cable through. A 3 piece affair wold have been much easier and cleaner to build. I used thread rather than the wire provided with the kit as it was easier and more flexible to work with.
Some pics opf the build:
Once the major cutting is out of the way it's fairly straight forward although I did have to ask Derek about the K spacers for the frame as it wasn't clear where they went. I also fitted an L bean to support the side frames on as per my reference pic..
Both this one and the ARV are a lot of fun and could be done by most builders with some experience of resin and PE. Not for the beginner though.
Yip, it always funny how a slight change in light affects the picture, these were taken in rather poor light and the lighter pics are where the flash went off automatically.
With such big batches a basic interior would have been good but it was a lot of fun bodging one up
, just a pity I couldn't find an internal stowage diagram for both.
Cheers
Al
