Some good progress this week with the majority of the details now added to the hull and the side skirts all sorted. I just need to add some tow ropes later as I am showing them as per my references fitted to the towing points on the hull and not on the turret. Just the job for an on exercise look.
The turret work started with the gun barrel and here I opted for the plastic option instead of the metal barrel. I chose the plastic one as it had a much better fit into the mantlet. I had a lot of trouble fitting the two turret halves together, they just did not want to fit. Lots of trimming was needed on the gun mounting brackets to get a decent fit. Even then I had to use superglue to force the lower part of the turret to mate up with the upper section. I think the lower part was slightly warped. Anyway much swearing ensued until it was all in place.
And finally my replacement tracks have arrived. From DEF Model they are just the job and even feature separate track pads so adding some wear will be easy.
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