Kitbashing a doodlebug

[cnrglen]

A bit more progress over the last couple days.

I got the middle walls back on the model. The right side fit well, the left, well not so much but it can be fixed.

For some reason the left wall turned out a bit short, but since it was over the RPO door it could be fixed.

I had this section of a Rivarossi passenger car from another project that I could use as a filler piece. I cut and fitted it into place on the top.

and used a section of HO scale 4X4 on the bottom. That will be trimmed and sanded to fit when the glue dries. Some filler, sanding, and a coat of paint and the joints will hardly be noticeable (I hope!)

I used styrene to splice the joints from the back. The RPO doors will be glued right on the splice pieces.

I'm also part way through scratchbuilding the doors. The left door is a bit wider than the right (about 4 scale inches) but since you can only see one side of the car at a time I'm not too worried.