The weather being sunny, I decided to prime all the parts I had available. But as usually first tings first: deburring, sanding and degreasing. No picture of the green parts, but one if some trial painting for the inside of the cabin.
I tried two different hammered effect paints. One is from Hammerite, but proved quite difficult to spray despite thinning according to the manufacturers instructions. And the effect is not that nice.
The other paint comes from the local hardware store, the effect is nicer, but it's quite difficult to spray the paint vertically, it runs rapidly. And the effect is very dependent on the way the spraying is done, mainly the distance from the can to the object seems an important variable. I'll let everything dry and see again later.



While wainting for the parts to dry, I decided to work on the frame reinforcing parts. No so long ago, these where optionnal parts, now they are included in the kit. The first thing is to bend the circumference of the big holes. This is done with a small slitted piece of hardwood.



Here the three parts with the bends done and the six small tabs that have to be cut and drilled.