One strange quirk in this kit is that the instruction sequence uses one set of numbers, whilst the number on the part, on the sprue is completely different. Some parts have no number on the sprue.
So you have to use this chart given to convert from one to the other, it does not make finding parts easy.
Engine and chassis painting just about there.

Just had a reply from Round 2 models, the replacement tyre should arrive in 2-3 weeks.
Wow!
I did not expect a reply.
Hi David,

 

We have received your parts request. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks to process through our parts department.

 

 

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Doug Ridge
Customer Service, Auto World Store

Good detail on the engine and good response for the missing part.

GREAT - you will be on the road in a few weeks then   

Will you be singing '10 Wheels on my Wagon, and I'm just rolling along'.................when they arrive. Hohoho   

Quote from: Bigkev on February 11, 2025, 06:16:32 PMWill you be singing '10 Wheels on my Wagon, and I'm just rolling along'.................when they arrive. Hohoho   

Hopefully.
I am attempting to scratch build a tyre.
A balsa former coated with green stuff two part putty.

Give it a go and you still have the backup of the other new tyre arriving this year

Quote from: zak on February 12, 2025, 11:29:30 AM

Quote from: Bigkev on February 11, 2025, 06:16:32 PMWill you be singing '10 Wheels on my Wagon, and I'm just rolling along'.................when they arrive. Hohoho   

Hopefully.
I am attempting to scratch build a tyre.
A balsa former coated with green stuff two part putty.

You're always willing to have a go, give you that.

See how it turns out.

Difficult job lining up all the pipework for the exhausts and air intakes.

Looks like some good detail.

When I worked at BR Engineering in Doncaster I used to make white metal wheels and other bits using silicon moulds whilst on nights if we had finished our work. I call it 'Re-use of facilities' as I once went for a 'stroll' through the abandoned offices and found drawings for Churchill tank parts that were made there during the war.

Cab coming along.
I really don't like chrome parts, the bits where they have been removed from the sprue always show.
I touch up with a chrome pen.

Steady progress in the vehicle works of Bempton

All the chrome added, I knocked off the mirror while trying to take a photo.