The turret has gone together much quicker than I expected. Mostly I think due to my increased mojo. Anyway the turret did need a fair bit of cleaning up with some dodgy casting marks and a massive hole to fill at the rear. Once these issues were sorted it was just a matter of testing fit and lots of sanding to get things fitting correctly.
The hatches needed a lot of filling and sanding to get a half decent end result, even now they are not the best. I had to make up new hatch bump stop supports as the kit etch was way off. Likewise don't bother with the former for the cable drum support it's too small. I just made up the reel using the etch ends and resin middle then formed the bracket over this.
Finally I've been looking at crew options and as ever pickings are very slim, however I did have some excellent Red Zebra British crew figures in NBC suits so decided to see how they worked out. The figures come with heads wearing berets and headsets but I changed these for some Hornet heads wearing the "Dan Dare" helmets. Obviously this is just a test fit but I think they will work out very well indeed.
The next stage will be final details and camo netting as well as sorting stowage for the turret bin.
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