Hello everyone. Sorry for the long time between response. The cold has finally made it to the south and when the weather gets bad, thats when I have to go to work. Spent the last few days straight at work with very little sleep. The city is covered in ice and there are accidents everywhere. Thats my excuse.
Terry, DM, Tigerman, Nate, TRM, Andy, Zokissima and Parkadge thanks for stopping in. I will be starting up on this build in high gear now.
Did get some work done today after making it home. Used squadron putty on the hull and sanded to shape.
Had to put another styrene strip in the rear to make the corner where the two plates meet, putty then sand some more.
Leaving the hull for a while, went to work on the turret. Once again, think the kit itself had some nice detail to it.
There was some minor fit issues with the turret hatches. Had to thin out the hatch arms and shape them a bit in order to get them to close (if left open they would have worked perfect). In the rear of the turret there was more filling to do.
Drilled out the gun barrel and added a new MG, the one that came with the kit was broken in a few places.
Here is a shot with turret and hull
Dont plan on doing a lot extra with this kit but there are a few small details I will be adding to the turret. The one big thing I will have to replace is the engine screen. Does anyone know of a good PE one? I probably wont wait for PE. I plan on cutting the plastic screen out leaving the frame and replacing it with some fine mesh tomorrow. This is what it looks like now and the brass mesh I plan on useing.
Thats it for now, plan on a more exciting update at the end of the weekend.
Rob