Thanks CJR; I'm sure that I still have plenty of problems/challenges ahead of me before I get to the end of this build.
A little more progress. Wires attached and I found that the ramp on the guide tongue offers a nice conduit for the motor leads. So, I glued in a short piece of shrink tubing as a wire guide and everything seems OK at this point (the rear axle turns when the car is on the track............).
Next, it was time to construct a new cockpit floorboard, since I had to cut out the old one to make room for the FF-050 slimcan motor. I used white 1mm styrene:
Next, the body posts. I use the tube-within-a-tube approach with styrene tubing. This pic shows the height of the front and rear tubes when fit to the inside of the body. Think there's some difference between the resin thicknesses in the adjacent part of this slosh cast.....................? :lol: I think that one post would have done it, but two gives you more opportunity to tune the body to the chassis, so.......
Finally, the front spring extensions were thinned on the bottoms to allow the front axle carrier to ride slightly above the wire frame while the body rests on the frame rails:
Ready to glue in the body posts tonight, then epoxy them in tomorrow
I also sprayed up Matt's wheel inserts and used 000 steel wool to smooth up the resin body as best as I can. It will get a final coat of paint later today.
Then..........what's left is trim and cockpit painting and decal/clear.
Allan