A lot of work has gone into smoothing the cab out;
There were a lot of large gaps to be filled between the bulkhead and the cab sides, for this I used microstrip initially followed by Vallejo Plastic Putty. I also used styrene strip to fill a gap at the top of the quarter lights, and a missing door hinge on the left side of the cab was made from a small piece of styrene rod.
The roof and cab back have come out well;
A starting handle hole was moulded into the grill. Although these trucks did have starting dogs the handle went between the grill slats, so I drilled the hole out, glued in a piece of styrene rod then went about removing any trace of it;
A dry run;
Its not perfect by any means but I feel that perfection will be hard to achieve on this build, so I'm just doing the best job that I can with what's provided.
The next job will be to sort out the cab glazing prior to fitting it together and painting.
Paul.
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