Removable links and LED power light installed now. Batteries need securing down with a metal brace (sitting on Velcro tape at the moment) to be compliant with the rules but really, the robot is now together and would probably survive a fight or two, unlike it's predecessor.

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Speaking of the predecessor, I've put the drive motors into the test frame I had laying around, remade the wiring from one of the speed controllers that failed and put in the weapon speed controller for the other wheel and now they are running. Unsurprisingly, one of the motors is rather gravelly (where the hammer hit it has probably bent the shaft a little) but slackening off the screws between the gearbox and the motor appears to have helped. The original shell does fit over the test frame as well.

So with the original now running and the successor running as well, I am seeing a old vs new fight between the two now (although still open for any car park matches).