Did someone say "photos"?
Well, here are some for you!
I'm still not completely done with the construction work, but she is almost ready for some paint! I am just waiting for the glue on the streched sprue (glued to the rear plate for creating weld seams) to set, while I'm writing this post.
I had to modify the rear plate as well for the Eduard fenders (fill in the recesses for the plastic fenders and sand off the raised details around them):
First thing I did was to glue some strips of plastic in the recesses I had to fill:
Then I cut them to shape using a new scalpel blade and sanded everything smooth:
It's not perfect, but the area will be covered up by the rear fenders anyway. It would look a lot better if I spent more time on it, but time is the thing I'm lacking the most ATM... (There you have it! The ultimate definition of time! )
the hull is glued together now:
There is a small step on the left side of the hull, but I'll try to sand that away.
Rear plate/upper hull joint:
The small gaps on the sides are going to be covered by the weld seams...
Here's the front end of the tank:
I noticed that the edge on the front was way too rounded after looking at the pics and fixed that already (it is still a bit rounded, but looks much better now)
And some pics of the engine grills. I don't know how they look when they are painted, but I hope they turn out good enough to mount them on the vehicle (I really like the look of them on the real thing!):
This is all you can see with the turret in place, so the only point where the grills have to look decent is the outer edge (the most problematic spot in the whole assembly ):
Next time I'll build one of Dragon's Henschel King Tigers, I'll look for one of the kits with pre-bent engine grills (like the ones in the Porsche KT) or get me some Eduard/Aber replacements....
More pics later tonight (hopefully with some paint on...)