I think I'm pretty satisfied with how they've turned out.
I cast three copies (and one for luck) of the first master of just one set of the double doors, then joined them together - with an extra blank door on one end - to form a second master.
Once that had been used to make a mould I cast a few copies of this longer set and selected the best pair to use on the model.
When they had cured the spare door was cut from different ends - because they need to be a mirror image - and I've added some hinge details using fine styrene rod.
They're not that much thicker than the nickel silver etches which came with the kit prototype from RT Models and I'm confident they'll look quite effective on the finished model.
I think this can now be passed back to Himself to work out how to replicate the 'bull bars' style grill protection on the front.
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