Kitbashing a doodlebug

[cnrglen]

Thanks Wayne.
I spent the weekend modeling time finishing up a few small jobs and starting others.
I did the final mounting of the F-7 frame into the car.

I used some styrene 90 degree angles in the front and screws in the back. I may have to shim the motor up a bit yet. Since this picture was taken I cut the coupler mounting pad off and I'll be fabricating a coupler mount on the body.
I then started to look at the roof details, mostly the oil cooler box. Here I used the instructions from the MR kitbash.


I started with a Proto2000 GP-18 shell. I cut the two front battery boxes (one on either side) and shorter long-hood doors on the engineer's side.

I glued them all together along with some styrene and two brass geep grills to make the box.

I dug through my parts boxes and came up with the spark arrestors and headlight. now I can start to determine where to cut the roof back for mounting all these parts.