Well, with all the heat this week, it is truly summer!! I am trying to keep this build moving down the road.
First, I finished up the turret. I added the wiring using thin solder painted Black and the jack ends painted Steel. The M2 50 cal shield and mount was added. Then I cut the plexi-glass windows for the rear shields using .010 clear styrene and mounting with Gator Glue. I used the other rounds mirror to create the lens cap and a small section of PE for the lens cap hinge.
The only thing missing is the M2, but here is the turret.
On the rear view you can see the punched circle silver decal for the viewport in the sight
Began work on the M2. I replace the Formations M2 with an Academy M2 from their machine gun set. I drilled the M2 front to accept the Lion-Marc metal barrel set. Here is the assembled M2 ready for the paint shop
On the main body, after a coat of Future, I applied the decals. I was making my own bumper decals for the 4/320FA from 4 brigade, 101 airborne. While I was into making decals, I had to replace some of the kit decals like “TOW EYE” which the kit decals were spelled wrong, “TOK EYE” and my favorite, ”TIE DOWN” which was spelled “TIE DOKN”. Here is after all the decals are applied.
Once the decals set for a day, I will apply another coat of Future to seal them in and then begin weathering.
As always thanks for stopping by. Your comments good or bad are always appreciated.
Rounds Complete!!