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Centurion. MK5 to Danish Cent.

The turret modifications

The turret required more work. I started by the gun mantlet cover that the AFV kit misses. AFV separately release the reference AC35009 Mantlet cover for Centurion type B. It comes in vinyl and does not properly fit. In fact, it is not high enough. So I cut it under the seam and glued the edges with CA glue. Once the glue has cured, I filled the gap with white Milliput and shaped it before it dried.

Then I made the 0.50Mg pedestal mount. Beforehand I started by removing a kind of rectangular protrusion on the right of the coax MG gas outlet. The pedestal is simply made with a bit of plastic rod and some plastic card.

On the TC hatch ring, I deleted the 0.30MG bracket and replaced it by a small rectangle of plastic card.

The coax MG is not used as the type mounted by the Danes did not jut out of the mantlet.

The right side antenna bracket is not used as well so I filled the hole in the turret with thick plastic card and putty.

The new basket took me more time. First I had to gather good pictures from all angles to get a clear understanding of its shape. Then I made it from the parts designed for the Australian type. However, I had to modify them as the basket is narrower. The jerrycan holder is moved to the left.