Rennies - J801WFS model
The chassis chop. Rebuilding work includes bonding a plastic patch (just visible) under the entire floor pan, and supporting the side walls using plastic strip also. I had intended to use brass, but in the end just used the plastic - the inset picture shows that the aisle will still be acceptably wide in spite of the thicker side walls. The visible white panels on the side walls are in the same positions as the brass patches on the bodysides. Hopefully, when the chassis is slid into the bodyshell, these components will line up without creating a bump in the sides! The space in the offside panel is for a white metal fuel filler to be glued in.
Rennies - J801WFS model
The chassis chop. Rebuilding work includes bonding a plastic patch (just visible) under the entire floor pan, and supporting the side walls using plastic strip also. I had intended to use brass, but in the end just used the plastic - the inset picture shows that the aisle will still be acceptably wide in spite of the thicker side walls. The visible white panels on the side walls are in the same positions as the brass patches on the bodysides. Hopefully, when the chassis is slid into the bodyshell, these components will line up without creating a bump in the sides! The space in the offside panel is for a white metal fuel filler to be glued in.