Had a lil time this week to get a few things done.
The chassis need some cleaning up. After removing the running boards and all the shipping lugs and junk, what was left was a some ugly plastic with a bunch of holes in it. Filling it with filler was just not going to work so I fab'd up the new pieces out of styrene sheet. They fill the area between the frame rails and the body. I'll paint these to match and install them after the chassis is mounted to the body, there are two screws under there that attatch the chassis to the body.
I also fab'd up the new dual exhaust, using styrene rod and tube. Drilled the holes in the trans crossmember for the pipes to pass, then over the rear axle and out the back. The tips I made I may change to aluminum if I can find the right diameter, maybe paint these. Need to make one more bracket to hold the tips in place.
New front crossmember had to be made. I swiped the motor out of my YM 48, it has allot better detail. It didn't fit right in, so the new crossmember was made from styrene and the original crossmember.
That's it for now. All these pieces still need a going over to clean up the rough edges.
I'll jump on the engine next, till then....