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To be honest, not really The Leopard hatch comes from the kit I bought specifically for this, that also donated the suspension parts. The only bits from the spares box so far are the commander’s periscopes and the brown block on the glacis plate, that will be gunner’s sight.Certainly using up the contents of the spares box.
Thanks, as I said before the idea is to make it as it actually might have been in service, rather than just going by what looks cool and impressive.Work looks very neat. A lot of thought as to what was likely - your ideas on the autoloader access makes total sense.
ThanksThe usual well thought out construction going on here Jakko. Nice one.
On to the latest work On the engine deck, I replaced the moulded-in handles (Tamiya style) by copper wire, and also built the basic shape of the hatch on the left-hand side:
The grey wedge on both was a single kit part that was to go on the right-hand hatch (open ends front and rear, low part in the centre), so I cut it in half and used it on both sides, opening to the rear on both.
I then glued the upper hull to the lower:
For this I stuck the gun pods and the side panels on without glue, then carefully glued the hull halves together and once I was sure the sides also lined up correctly, removed them again. This is pretty much necessary because the gun pods will be trapped between the hull and the side plate, there is no way to remove them once the sides are on. If I’m to get any paint in there at all, it will have to be before I glue the sides on, but I need to finish building the gun pods first — for which I’m waiting for a second gun barrel that someone said I could have.
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