Just to bring this thread to a close folks, having forgotten all about it to be honest, all the hard work and effort was to no avail
. Following a house move, which the model negotiated unscathed it suffered significant damage from mr nobody placing a pair of shoes on it
. The response I had from she who must be obeyed was "oh well, you will have to build it again
. So I gathered together all the pieces, boxed them and put them away, perhaps this model was never destined to be finished. If I do attempt her again, there will have to be a significant amount of drilling and pinning to replace all the damaged joints.