The batteries gave me a bit of a problem, they are not positioned the same as the GUY and the pictures I had did not show them on the outside of the chassis. I couldn’t remember back to the early Seventies as to where these were. I was about to concede they must have been in the cab under the passenger seat perhaps when a picture on the Internet of a Seddon showed that the batteries seemed to be inside the chassis behind the fuel tank, I could just see the battery tops in the picture. I had a look at the model and reckoned I had just enough room to fit two in line and scratched a pair slightly smaller than the kit resin batteries to allow them to fit into place. I painted them white to stand out from the dark chassis colour and put two ‘Champion’ decals on from an old decal sheet.
I sought out an old spare wheel bracket which was fitted behind the air tanks, I would not have a spare but the bracket filled a gap there nicely. Simple plumbing was done with wire to show something in the chassis and one or two valves from scrap plastic placed around with wiring running to the rear lights and electrical Susie bracket. A gear linkage from welding rod was made to run from the offside of the engine to the gearbox. Run up ramps were fitted and I didn’t use the kit rear light brackets but made two up from channel and a rectangle of card for the number plate on the offside. I airbrushed the chassis, engine/gearbox and rear wings separately with Humbrol Gloss 10 Service Brown.
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