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Chassis Frame

I think this part is the chassis frame. It was a little bit fiddly and required concentration to ensure parts weren't stuck on upside-down or back-to-front, and there was a bit of leeway within the positioning markers when glueing in the brackets. I'm a little concerned each side of the frame does not run parallel but tapers in towards the rear - each bracket was held tight with elastic bands until set, so that's how it must look. A wooden clothes peg was also called into use to hold down the flanges of the chassis onto the brackets.
I've also found the Scania Bodybuilder homepage, which has chassis drawings and a technical information library, although it requires a bit of trudging-through to find the names of the specific components you're trying to stick together... I still dont know the function of two little barrel shaped pieces, which is a shame as they were the first two bits cut out, filed, wet-and-dried and assembled.

Holy 18 Wheeler...

...there's a lot of components.
And the instruction manual is sixteen pages long - this is going to be tough.
Scania have had drawn on their 119 year history to come up with the R500, and it looks like it might take me just as long to get this thing stuck together.
Just to confuse matters, the sprues (I think that's what the plastic frames are called) are labelled 'A' to 'G', whilst the paints are labelled 'A' to 'F'. If that didn't make things complex enough, according to the manual one of the four paints listed on the outside of the box is not used and three additional colours are required. A quick scan through the instructions confirms the manual is correct, so just in case anyone is Googling for the actual paints required for this model they are:
Silver
Insignia White (Gloss)
Red (Gloss)
Orange (Gloss)
Gunship Grey (Flat)
Black (Flat)

The Italeri Scania R500 V8

It started off with an ironic obsession - listening to Hugo Duncan and chatting engine sizes with my boss, just for laughs. I was able to impress my girlfriend by identifying cab models, before she found out I was just reading a number off the front grille. But the ironic obsession developed into a genuine fondness, and my curiosity made me want to find out more, to immerse myself in the mythology of this Scandinavian powerhouse and its inexplicable popularity amongst the culchies of Ulster.
So, thanks to a remarkably thoughtful Christmas present from my girlfriend, I hope to engineer an appreciation for these tractor units through the process of assembling the Italeri Scania R500 V8 1:24 scale model. It won't be easy, since I know nothing about vehicular transport and even less about hobby modelling... but learning is fun! (And judging from the number of components, there is a lot of fun to be had...)