Not much progress this week I'm afraid due to real life stuff getting in the way, however I have found some time to work on the turret. Again it's quite hit and miss with the fit of parts from the Dragon kit as well as the majority needing a lot of clean up. Following the Black Ops construction notes I again found a mistake. For step 14 they advise you use parts W12 & 13 instead of W15 & 16 for the blow off panels on the turret roof. Problem is there are no parts W12 & 13, instead you should use parts Q 12 & 13.
The turret baskets need lots of clean up and the use of tamiya quick setting glue to assemble. In my kit I was missing the etched mesh for the extra basket so I had to find some mesh in the spares box. Not probably the correct pattern but it will be covered with stowage later anyway. Finally I have found that parts N39 & 40 are too short. These parts are the framework that go around the side bins. They will need to be extended to fit properly against the rear basket. Yet another dragon frustration!
This is coming along very nicely Pete. We all know the frustrations of Dragon kits, yet we still build them! Must be getting close to paint soon?
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