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Aftermarket wheels
If you are to employ an aftermarket set of wheels beware to check before adding parts C42 and C43 to the rear axle. The kit's outer hub moulding was included as part of the outer wheel in my Hussar aftermarket set so the inner rear wheels mounted directly to the backplate parts C39 and C40
Axles
The front and rear axles are nicely rendered, and all the small assemblies go together without hitch. The front wheels are designed to rotate but to make this possible, as well as the simple task of trapping the tie rod allowing the wheels to move inwards and outwards, you would still need to drill out the steering arm, drag link and knuckle arms. I did this successfully with a previous L4500S build but this time I decided to fix the wheels at a rotated angle.
Leaf springs
The biggest issue I had on this build concerned both sets of leaf springs. Neither of the rear ones in my kit sat nicely in the chassis location recesses. They both required a small amount of plastic to be removed to allign well and get a good solid fit. On attaching both of my front leaf springs, they both snapped in half! Luckily, I had used some slow drying cement to add them to the chassis for the sole reason of giving me some wiggle room to get a good alignment of the axle. Thankfully, this saved both pieces. I am confident that the design of the front leaf springs with the large midway cut out axle slot makes them far too weak. So, my advice would be to first attach the leaf springs to the axle to allow for a much stronger bond. Thankfully, as I had rescued both springs I was able to cement both broken ends together, let them set and then re-attached them to the axle first. Careful attachment to the chassis was then achieved without incident.
Front and rear axles
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