Thanks peza & Quaralane for your support....it feels like this thread is in the outer arms of the galaxy,....I have to go back in now and again to the busy site centre to see whats happening! ;D

The pieces of the front undercarriage:

Just pushed together, (bird cage baffle not finished yet)

Cutting out the baffles are tedious, here's how the first one turned out......hmmmm....looks like it's been chiseled out of stone:

I used this blueprint to create a template:

The test turned out OK....just some parts needing removed & printed at 29% of it's original size:

I've printed the 5 baffles on acetate:

The image, I printed it at 29% of its size:

I spent a good part of Saturday experimenting with the acetate....no good, it doesn't glue too well, then I tried printing on thin plasticard, I made two baffles & was reasonably happy with them until I put them on the legs.....they just look homemade....late on Sunday night I returned to the original kit part, I filed off all raised lines & details and stuck on one of the templates (printed on sticker paper) I now had a better 'official' guide to cut out the design.

.....done one:

Now doing the rest....as I said....stuck graphic onto part....cut out the details with a blade,....removed unwanted paper, then sprayed with primer to make painted on markings....remove the rest of mask paper....drill out holes, then make into shapes with blade:

Gotta keep on going, get these done so I can move on

John