The base core of the master for the bodyshell was a resin coated balsa wood lump
carved to the as near as close to the right dimensions as i could get.
I went out and spent a bleedin' fortune on books, mostly of japanese origin for info on said machine.
After drawing some 3rd angle projection plans (that 'A' level in technical drawing was suddenly proving useful)
I wound up with an idea of what i was facing. So slowly but surely the main body took shape.
I didn't worry about the material i made the master from as i had already worked out that it would be destroyed making the moulds.
The body shell ended up as a quartered mould made to be bolted together so i could laminate in fibreglass.
The drop front where the lights go is a seperate piece, as is the chassis bucket.