Progress report, Lot's of trimming and scrapping.
I've got the gun assembly built and primed. I will paint it up, though not much will been seen, as most doors /hatches will be closed.
I had to use the Dremel to open up the ball mantlet thing to fit the gun in. the support legs are a tad wider then the opening the back of the mantlet.
I attached the fenders to the substructure.
i have been working on the main fighting compartment.
The driver's block had an ugly gap when installed, so i stretched some sprue and made filled it in, trying to make a slight weld.
The inset picture shows before the fill.
As i am getting closer to getting the main areas done, it is time to start with the small details.
There was not any layout for the 4 lifting hooks on the main fighting compartment. With the Zimmerit molding, i guess Dragon said let us figure it out. So with a few photos
and a rule, I layed out where i thought they should go. With the hooks being bigger then what should be, i think i did ok.
These things usually always come off afterwards, so this time i decide to use a knife and try to blend it in good and make a weld bead. WIth the zimmerit, the hooks would have looked terrible with out it.
That's a first for me, trying to form up small welds.
I might need to rework them a little better visually, but i don't think they will come off without breaking.
Hoping to get her assembled and primed during the weekend.
