Another step completed today: the firewall has been completed (except for part number 74 which will need to be redone with PE-connectors).
I must say that the guys at Heller's have a strange kind of humour. I found that it is hard to install the big bent part on to the assembly, because you need to decide whether you want to install first, on spray first.
When you spray the part first, you will need to fill and work on gaps between this part and the vertical sidewalls. Either you install it first and complete the installation before spraying paint all over the assembly again, OR face yourself with an extensive amount of masking in either way you decide to do it.
It could be so simple though: install the bent part on to the vertical sides when these sides are glued to the floor. You then have plenty of room and opportunities to work on the parts, since these are the only ones which are glued to the floor and can be spray-painted in one single go. Don't come tell me you were not warned when doing your own Traction
I did things the first way: I sprayed the part, even detailed and finished all work on it, then glued it to the sidewalls and finished the work on filling gaps. Eveything was carefully sprayed with airbrush, although this is not a simple method to do it.
While working on things I replaced the vertical throttle lever by a self-made one in brass. The method of klicking it on to a rod was not exactly realistic imo, so ...
The original part:
What I did with it:
Once installed it looks like this:
Some more pictures on today's status:
