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Carro Armato L6/40

Hull interior

The interior went together without any problems (Pic. 8). It is not very complete but it was enough for me as not much of it can be seen through the hatches in the end. For those wanting to go all the way there is an interior set available (No. 4056) by Model Victoria.

Upper Hull

Construction of the upper hull started with fitting the engine deck. This part was warped (Pic. 9) but this was easily fixed by taping the part while the glue cures.

The track guards went together well; take care when fitting the jack to get it in the right direction as the locating holes are molded wrong. Fitting the guards to the hull was another matter though. The attachments on the back leave some substantial gaps which can either be filled or the replaced altogether (Pic. 10).

The muffler also went together well with the photoetch shield being bent on a piece of plastic especially provided for this task. Heating the part over a flame before bending helped to keep it in the correct state (Pics. 11 & 12).

When comparing the muffler to original pictures (Pic. 13, taken out of the reference booklet provided with the kit, modified by the author) I noticed the shield was too small and this was not due to a mistake on my part. Instead of covering the whole muffler on top and extending almost to the hull, it only extends midway to the muffler. In addition, the attachment point of the muffler to the hull leaves a large gap and then the muffler is fitted at the wrong angle (Pic. 14).

The first problem was solved by adding a piece of left over PE and a lip at its end from plastic card. For the second problem I added some leftover plastic material and sanded it to shape. While I was at it, I removed the molded on attachment point to the track guard and replaced it with PE, two screws and a piece of plastic card as attachment to the track guard (Pic. 15).

The upper hull consists of 5 parts and goes together without any problems (Pic. 16). The front glacis has some gaps on the front and left side that had to be filled with plastic card (Pic. 17). It is possible that these are due to my not being careful enough when building the hull in the first place, but I’ve had feedback of other modelers with the same problem. The rest of the smaller details were problem free.