I have finished building the HEMAT.
I added the side panels and the hinges for them, along with pins holding them together and four tiedown loops for a canvas on each panel from thin wire, bent into an upside down J.
![IMG_1936](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/2/020c11334f37069873a3cc94881fd1af4f42382f.jpeg)
![IMG_1937](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/3/83a5066bf01b7e6f88929493f0d746ffa6c48832.jpeg)
![IMG_1938](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/a/5/a58e402eafce698eee8241c4c287209182985d40.jpeg)
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Here it is with the one side taped on to show the side panels down.
![IMG_1940](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/f/0fb7f71cd4fe2f877b7b0edcd1795ce0ab1a03f8.jpeg)
Then I moved onto the front with the BII box cover on top of the tongue and the landing leg. The leg is a couple different sizes of square tubing and sheet and rod styrene and a left over piece of PE runner for a holder for the handle arm. I also made the lunette ring out of thick solder, wrapped around a paint brush handle to get a good round shape.
![](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/1/71bff990161dacaee604a298b7ce82dab49898b9.jpeg)
I also built the MLRS rocket pods, all eight of them. I added the transport feet from thick styrene bar. This is only four.
![IMG_1941](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/a/4/a4936f5b68d4d83ab7f0c851fe94da9cfb644abf.jpeg)
![IMG_1951](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/4/64a51d734dac28153937978259022c9c1ee7b976.jpeg)
You may see that one of the above has a device used to connect the hoist hook to. I built this from a piece of sheet styrene, a piece of angle iron, and a couple hooks from the Dragon kit LLM hoist. The issue with this is that the plastic pods are not balanced and dip in the front when suspended.
![IMG_1943](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/0/5019a6858d1f495a83bf36541c6af4b14af3a5a6.jpeg)
To fix this, I added 8 grams of lead fishing weight, flattened out, to the underside rear of the pod.
![IMG_1946](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/a/8a16db55e659239081b8c42b2edd6d99a033b7c5.jpeg)
Pretty closely balanced; good enough for government work.
![IMG_1945](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/7/577f8036f0a21b8fe509c3fa36efb29758711101.jpeg)
Here is a mockup of how it will look.
![IMG_1948](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/e/e/ee6fd9cf935c7f53323a6dc7007419ca1776d78f.jpeg)
![IMG_1950](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/9/39aa407a3552ac0ca023930b6efe3dae8a5ee79f.jpeg)
![IMG_1949](https://forums.kitmaker.net/uploads/default/original/3X/1/4/1489fd6950d68fa7e2ccb863b3114a74af3db8e1.jpeg)
Next up is the paint booth.
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