A busy but slow Sunday has seen some progression with the hull, which is by no means square and resulted in some head scratching!
First things first was the 3 piece transmission cover which is one solid moulding.... Well, it's not straight, it's brittle and it's not the greatest moulding the world has ever seen- the bolt heads are all over the shop and it's too wide. Unless you fancy building a 3 piece transmission from scratch (I don't!) it'll have to do.
The HL gearbox won't fit with the 3 piece transmission so you need to grind bits off of it... I'm no metalsmith and I nearly lost a thumb when the grinding wheel flew off! It's a bit rough and ready but it is a prototype so I'm not too concerned. I will replace the gearbox in the near future and use this one as a template.
Once the transmission cover is fitted, with the aid of hot water and a sanding block, all you have to do is slide the hull on top... you'll see in the image that the resin hull is significantly longer than the HL plastic lower hull and it's not square! It has made it clear the hull needs lengthening whether I want to or not.
I've sanded the lower hull flat and will place a sheet of plastic card over the top to strengthen the hull and cover up all the holes!
I also fitted the grouser vents and used Halfords aluminium mesh as the grill. On top of that I fitted the tow cable fixings from schumo- which are workable.
Great work on your firefly 
