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After building the saloon version of this model and at the moment I'm building the Universal version of the Trabant 601, see apart from the Kubel or Tramp version of the Trabbi, the Lieferwagen (Van) is the only other one that I can build but modifying the Revell The side panels come out of the press with the rear side windows filled in, these are then cut out to make the window opening for the Universal model, the van models, these are just left in place, so filling in the rear windows have to look like they are part of the I had a small amount of plastic card left, so the rear windows were used as templates and the outline was drawn onto the plastic card and cut out using a small steel rule and a scapel blade, a few scores were made then the plastic was snapped on the line leaving a clean line, a little sanding was needed to get the panels to fit into the recess meant for the windows, the plastic panels were fixed into place using liquid cement and left to dry, after the cement had dried the slight gap around the edges were filled in using a two part polyester putty. Photo above :- side panels cut out of plastic card, and right showing window used as a template to trace onto the plastic card. Photo Below :- Showing the rear interior panel which needs to be cut out and replaced with a plain panel. shows the interior side panel fixed into place temporary, I'm pretty happy with the fit, now I need to make a floor and a bulkhead, the seats will need to be fitted before I can work out where the bulkhead needs to be fitted. Rear suspension top support panel fitted to inner wheel arch Seat backrest fitted to seat front, once dry it will get filled in with 2 part bondo and sanded smooth afterwards Photo's Above :- front seats primered, looks like the headrest was never there. Inner wings and bulkhead held in place with spring clips while the liquid cement dries, the bulkhead and wings are supposed to be fitted after the front transverse leaf spring has been fitted, but doing it this way gives a stronger joint, and being able to paint all parts as