Hi, thanks for checking in! I'm not going to burden you with a full build log of my RouteMaster Bus , more just to highlight some of the modifications I make along the way as I attempt to make things a bit more believable. I am in no way an expert on this bus or a rivet counter but I have a certain level of realism I am aiming for. Still have no idea how I will camouflage the thousands of out of scale phillip screw heads but here's a start.
The fist pack has quite a few visible screws so I started by replacing the ones on the hood with .8mm rivets and painting them red to match. Not perfect but better.
Then I started working on the front axle. I replaced the screws with Hex bolts of a similar size secured them with nuts on the inside of the axle.
Small changes but I think they will add up and improve the final product.