Hello All!
This from the "There's always something" department: Once I securely glued the chassis together, I discovered that these two frame members were not quite long enough to remain in their provided slots. This snap kit, like others I've worked on has a "float factor" built into the parts fit.
Sorry for the crummy cell phone pics but this was "bench time" photography and setting up my little desktop studio just wasn't practical.
My solution is to cut a couple thin pieces of styrene to extend the frame members so they are kept in place within the slots.
Here they are glued in place on top of the frame members and slotted in.
After some trimming, sanding and painting they look almost as good as new. Well, they're a little rough but all of the repairs will be hidden beneath the body after assembly.
I'm still working on prepping and polishing the body but that's all for now.
As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment.
David G.