Gennulman - thanks a lot for your kind words! Encouraged by them I go on with my build.
I added another rod loops to the rear of the gun mount ring:
Again, making them from wire was faster than cleaning up the kit parts. Those parts normally hold a large tarp, that could be used to cover the gun mount.
Then I went on with the front door - I finally put them on the front armor plate. From inside it would look something like that:
From left we see an ammo box, above it is a flashlight holder, the large chest is a periscope storage and on the right there are latches in closed position (yet to be painted). I just quickly added those parts, the interior is going to be pretty basic.
On the outside the front armort looks like this:
And from other direction:
On the hatch I made the handle and the latch catch from copper wire. I replaced the spring and hinge axle with wire too, I think it looks better this way. I left off the front door latch for later, I think it could break off too easily. I made some wiring on the lights and added weld seams and drain holes for the light bases. The light guards are transplants from my old duster model, they originally came from an Eduard PE set and due to the differences between Tamiya and AFV Club kits the horizontal braces need to be shortened some 2,5mm to fit right.
I painted the hull interior and I also put in something like a bulkhead, as I said I try to keep it simple (it's not easy!):
Some Dusters had their interior OD up to the bulkhead, so please check your references.
I also went on with some rear armor:
Now again, the instructions don't tell you that, but you have the option to add a telephone box, as I did. In case of a tank, a telephone box is for the infantry outside to communicate with the tank crew. In case of the duster, though, this box was handy for pluging in the landline and communicating with the FDC when dug in.
To build the box you need the parts L7, L8 and L25. The fit is a bit tricky. You even have the option to pose it open, then you add the part L10 inside and you'd have to add a handset and some wire. To put the box on the armor plate, you have to shave one of the handles off. The handle would normally lean against the telephone box base - to show that I fabricated an extra handle, as can be seen in the picture.
Now my week off is over - I could put some serious bench time in, so I'm glad. Now the updates will not be as frequent, ain't that sad? Thanks for reading and have a nice day
Paweł