I finished this one quicker than expected (thanks to a hairdryer). It's a Hasegawa kit built straight out of the box. I followed the instructions for opening the hatch, but later found some references to indicate that the hatch actually opens toward the front and back of the tank, rather than to the sides as indicated in the instructions and on the box art. Oh well. The ground figures are Revell and the sandbags Italeri.

Hi Ed, Nice Layout. & Paintjob. I tried useing the plastic type sandbags once, then I discovered I could make my own out of putty and got a more realistic fit . Cool Dio ! Keep On Modelin, milvehfan

Thanks! When you make sandbags out of putty, do you make them individually and then stack them, or is there another, possibly easier, method?

make them separately. and use a xacto knife to cut the seam in the sand bags. then squeeze them to the right shape and stack em high!

presto