redleg12
A generation thing!!! You are assuming I am an old gas passer (that's besides the point)....I thought of Aerosmith..and it is a classic.....but the Gene Autry song is like you "an Original Classic" 
Rounds Complete!!
Ha ha, Mike! I know that you meant well--hell, I prefer the "Original Classics" over the current spat of "remakes" too, any day!
Thanks again to all of you weighing in--sorry I haven't gotten around to answering, but I've been busy wrking to get an update--Steve, your "impatient smiley" cracked me up too! lol!
OK! 'NUFF TALK! Here we go---
It' ready for a base coat., pretty much...
Here's some of the details. here is the location of the lifting hooks that you should add to the cupola. I used small guage wire to put these into drilled holes. Note also, that I added some latches to the interior of the TC's hatch.
A word about that hatch--you'll see some photos of this hatch with two periscope cutouts in it, but Gino has assured me that both types existed--with, and without, Phew! I didn't know how I was going to pull that off! Also, the hatch can also be posed in "protective" position--it didn't always sit flat. There are numerous photographs to prove this, so no problem with interference from that antenna base...
The resin searchlight needed some grab rails--I didn't like the ones from the kit; they were kinda poorly-molded, so I made some new ones out of /030 rod.
Ditto for that MG deflector-doodad on the top; I replaced that with music wire. Also, in this shot, I've added a bit of tissue to the top of the MG housing there, as a rain shroud seem to have been used in many cases.
And here's the wire to the light--this is actually "Detail Master heater hose" from my days spent working in the 1:24 garage....
....gotta get back there soon, too--I've got a '69 Dodge Daytona calling me...
The rear of this tank was a bit of a mess--it's hard to get an accurate mating of the rear parts. I had some more filling and patching up to do. I actually wound up prying off the rear sprocket mounts and repositioning them, as I couldn't get the damned fenders to fit. As I had positioned them in the first place, the sprocket would have rode to high anyway--the track would have been hitting the bottoms of the fenders, so watch out for this when assembling yours. I honestly don't know how that happened--I followed the directions closely in this area? Thank god for Squadron White putty.
And the wheels got a good beating-up with a #11 blade, as the wheels seem to have taken a lot of abuse...
and, my "date" for tonight.....
That's it so far....I'm going to paint it maybe tomorrow? I'm having one of my young guitar students (12 years old) sit in while I paint it. He's interested in modeling and recently got a new airbrush, and I want to give him a good start. It should be a fun day...
Give it to me, guys! See anything?