Here's the progress so far. The front part of the section of the chassis is now tack welded together (with a few diagonals missing) but it gives the basic ideas of what it's going to be like. Interesting the Haynes Roadster is bigger than the original Ron Champion Locost but even so, it steel seems pretty small!
Everything has gone together nicely. A few tips if you're thinking of building. Make sure the base is flat and level - if it is, it makes everything more simple. I found that I need to shim one or two of my bottom tubes to get perfect level. Second, I found I needed to fettle diagonals D7 and D8 so that they sat flush with the SB1 rails and SB2 rails - this is mentioned in the cutting list for the diagonal parts. Finally, I'd say you really don't want to "force" any rails to fit, if they're out of line it means somethings wrong and putting tension in the chassis will result in it twisting.
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