[modelperry]

While the subassemblies of the springs, hangers and axle all fit together well, trying to integrate them all together on the frame was less successful. Fit was quite fiddly.

The shock/spring assemblies were not completely intuitive and the left assembly was hard to place with all the other frame parts near where it went.

Then there was the battery box assembly. while fit was good overall, I had to modify the battery box lid hinges as the design provided just does not work for me. I made the strips longer and doubled them over for a more "robust" result. I was worried I would have to glue the lid on permanently and loose access to the battery detail. Thankfully I dodged that bullet.

The fuel tank built up nicely, even the wire step parts I had to fashion.

The cab hinges (part 20) fit fine.

The front cab fairing finally adds some yellow. This is also a hinged part where I had to deviate from the diagrams to built better hinges.

Part 30 are the two air tanks. tank buildup was good. Fishing the front tank into position was not good. sequence for this tank should be earlier on in my opinion. The rear tank installed much easier.

Greg