Busy week and weekend all keeping me away from the bench. I did get in some time to finish some of the details.
On the right side I finished up the pioneer tool kit. The tools are Tamiya Flat Black and Testors USMC Green on the wood parts. The paint worn off the wood is Tamiya Buff dry brushed. The metal parts with ware are Alclad Steel dry brushed. The rack still needs some straps to finish
On the other side, from front to back is an Academy MG set 30 cal tripod. The tripod is also parkerized. There are two PE clips from the PE set holing the tripod on. Still need to add a strap across the clips. The spare track cleats are painted with Alclad Steel and their holding bars are USMC green. Each cleat has a mold seam across the thickness. Leave the seam as the cleats are a two part split assembly to bolt through the track band. At the end is a gas can which is a PE holder in USMC Green, The can is in Tamiya XF-74 JSCF OD, the scratches are Alclad Steel, The strap is Tamiya XF-62 OD with Flat Black buckle and some brass show through for ware.
On the turret, I began to assemble the recoilless rifles, first, the lower two and then moving across through the upper four. I had to be VERY careful as the line up and fit is not that good and care needs to be taken in order to get the barrels mounted straight and all even. In order to make working on the turret a little more east, I mounted it to a small piece of wood with double stick tape.
After getting all the rifles mounted I then added the 50 cal spotting rifle receivers. Here are the rifles mounted with the spotting rifles.
Take note….the instructions have you mount all the spotting rifles in the same direction. This is incorrect as one is mounted in the opposite direction. Since the spotting rifles are keyed, the one to be reversed needs to have part of the key removed to allow opposite installation. Without the key, this needs to be done carefully to get the rifle and barrel to line up straight. Here you can see the one opposed spotting rifle which is second from the left.
That’s it for now. I have to add the 30 cal MG, radio antennas and scratch the electric firing cables to the turret. Then onto decals and weathering in the road wheel/track area.
As always your comments either good or bad are appreciated.
Rounds Complete!!