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Latest progress following many holidays.

 Latest progress following many holidays. My plan outlined in previous post was to get all the front-end sections completed, and standing on its wheels for any shows that may go ahead.  The last few weeks I have been busy on holiday, but following the return, the job in hand is to complete the 2nd rear wheel. This should take me nicely up to the end of the year, and hopefully I will end up with a pair of finished rear wheels.    In order to keep the work moving and on track, I have set out a few dates to try to hit for next year.  Also a point to note for others, it is evident that in a model build of this scale, and the time required in making each part, it is better not to try to make and finish a part in the same night, as the following session becomes difficult to get started. It can be that no drawing was prepared or the materials selected were not quite right. So basically leaving some part to finish means you can jump on it again quickly. Building the wheels is monotonous becaus