The first panels

Got an e-mail from Manik (the US company that imports Westfields) with a promise to get me the picklist so I can see what is missing. They also tell me a box will arrive next week from Westfield with some of the missing parts.

Mr. Westfield didn't come with a build manual, but fortunately I had downloaded one from Manik's website and had gone through it while I was waiting for him to arrive. It clearly is a work in progress. This is going to be interesting.

Celebrated by fitting a panel or two:

The aluminum panels come pre-drilled. You have to align the panel on the chassis, clamp it down and drill through the holes. Then you pop-rivet the panel into place, after adding a bead of silicone sealant.

My three best friends at the moment are carbide drill bits, Cleco fasteners (those are the pins you see in the picture which hold the panel into place through the holes, very clever) and an air riveter. All three are highly recommended for anybody considering a build.

The result is very neat.

Have now ground to a halt. After fitting these two panels the next job is to fit the brake lines. However, the master brake cylinders are missing, so I can't install the lines. I could install the fuel lines I suppose.

Read through the manual to see if there is anything I can do - thought about installing the wishbones, but of course the front ones are missing and I have no rose joints for the rears (add that to the list of missing parts). Also, the ARBs (Anti-Roll Bars) are nothing like what is in the manual, and I only appear to have the fittings for the front, not the rear (so I add that to the missing part list, which is getting quite long).