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Churchill Never Looked So Good
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The Turret |
Construction of the AL-BY turret is simple, but the fit
between upper and lower part is poor, the instruction consists of a 15x10cm
piece of paper and is a scandal!
Some parts of the mortar were broken off and some seams had to be removed.
The fabrication numbers were created by using numbers from several sprues.
The whole turret was covered with an amount of Squadron Red Putty, thinned
with Italeri liquid glue. After 24 hours drying it was sanded with fine
sandpaper to recreate the armour texturing.
To represent the texture of the vehicle I only used Italeri liquid glue to
soften the plastic and a brush to texture it.
Examining the pictures of original tanks more thoroughly I discovered that
the upper sponsons were fixed with Nuts and Bolts, which are not represented
on the kit. Therefore it was time again for my Grainer’s Set and 0,2mm
plastic card. I created the necessary nuts and located them according to
pictures and drawings.
A problem appeared while mating the turret with the upper hull because the
turret was located too low. I had to insert a slightly raised turret ring to
overcome this obstacle.
In practice Churchill Mark VII hulls were a few centimetres wider as the
earlier Marks. Due to lack of time I could not take care on this fact and
left the hull as wide as it is. Copyright ©2002 - Text by
Werner Kampfhofer (tankbuster).
Photos by Wolfram Bradac. All Rights Reserved. |
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