I decided to use a Volvo donor for quickness although I really would have liked to have scratched a chassis for this. I had no decent chassis drawings or plans though and could only go off my photo’s so following the kit instructions I went ahead and cut the rails to size and removed various items as instructed. I was also building a chassis to the same length as the GUY so the instruction measurements were followed, however I found later that it was slightly too short, not enough to notice once the model was finished but I did have to reposition a few parts during the build. I was sure I had followed the instructions carefully so have no idea where the few millimetres were lost.
I made up a simple engine and gearbox from bits and pieces, little of these would be seen, infact the engine has no front and this would ensure I had no later problems when it came to fitting the cab, cutting off the larger GUY front panel had reduced the Seddon cab length somewhat. The fuel tank and air tanks are on different sides on these two makes so the fuel tank brackets were superglued to the nearside and I made up brackets for the three air tanks, two resin tanks from the transkit and one plastic from the donor. Straps were made from thin card with rod for bolt ends glued in place and passed into holes in the brackets; the whole unit was then glued to the offside chassis.
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