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Thanks JollySipper. Yes I also have some wood drills with a sharp point and a round blade, various sizes. I drew one on some scrap plastic and used a sharp craft blade, that seemed to work OK. But time will tell after a few different ideas.

Citroen 2CV update. I couldn't think of anyway to construct a camper shell other than on the base vehicle. This is the high-tech template for the camper sides, I've yet to work out how to cut for windows!

Brilliant start!

Including a Sidewinder!

The roof is off! I may try to build a de-mountable camper shell!

Yes Trevor very good reasoning!

New Heller Citroen 2CV, started today. Decision, car, pick-up, flat bed or camper? AH, remember only twin cylinder air cooled motor, so nothing too heavy!

Thanks James. Yes HLJ warned me that Fujimi only send out orders within Japan, so we'll wait and see.

Cheers Steve. I tied to get a new sheet of decals from Fujimi but they only distribute them inside Japan.

All done, won't build another, basic chassis and collapsing decals, plus my shaky painting of the front and rear bumpers! Scattered around the remains of the collapsing decals.

I lowered it at the front after fitting the body and finding the front higher than the back! Cut up various decals I could use and scattered them about. So now all done. All other pics in the 'Completed' section.

Our EV charging network isn't extensive enough for everyone to have an EV anyway. Parts of London have a massive number of charger stations or on-street charging. More than the rest of the UK put together. The cars are far too expensive and too heavy for our tarmac road surfaces.

Yes that's why I went for it! The other thing with it, it doesn't sit as low as that ether!

They don't export to us in the UK. Perhaps that's a good thing.

Further to my decal catastrophe, I have culled certain decals and kept 'flat' ones! Some of which are still dodgy around the edges! Tomorrow I shall put it in the Tamaya body stand and start spraying with the first coat of a clear gloss.

I bought this, dated 1986.. I've built the chassis interior unit, now for the decals! Oh dear! I started with the front wing, and as you see Collapse! So I sprayed the sheet with a gloss clear, waited for it to dry. The bonnet and roof decals are fine but any decal with curves, collapse again! I'll cut the others down to 'flat service' and try again, but two decals already lost! I've found the email address for Fujimi to ask for another set of decals, but won't hold my breath! So I will remove the two side decals and see what I have left!

Thanks Ian yes the memories are great as I was a marshall at Silverstone, close up to the action.

Thanks Alex, yes we used to watch DTM as well but they don't show it anymore on Freeview TV here in the UK.

Cheers Garry.

Thanks guys, yes I do enjoy decalling!

Finished today,

The first coat of gloss clear highlights my first glaring blunder! With the body having primer, two coats of matt white undercoat and three coats of gloss blue, prior to the gloss clear going on I test fitted the windscreen as all windows fit in grooves from the outside, I will need to scrape out the paint around each window area! OR shave off around each 'Glass' to fit! Yes the decal down the side of the windscreen came away so some red paint will be carefully brushed in!