Looks great so far, I'm glad to hear that the tracks treated you good. I'm hoping the same for me. I need to take a break from the interior, so I think that will be what I work on next.

I want to mention, that on your view ports (windows) #7 on the spire the center of that one should have been painted clear blue. It's the one for the front center of the TC hatch. At least the one we had on my tank had a blue tint to it.

Mike.

Ok. I knew I saw some blue in there but I couldn't figure out which one. Plus most of the reference pics I had didn't have a very distinguishing view of the ports. So thanks.

Well seeing as I have begun to start slacking on the kit... Might as well post a small update:

I have almost completed the turret. Probably about half way there? I need to know what to paint the electronics glass, though. The clear part that goes into the doghouse, I believe it is called..


The tracks are halfway finished. I just need to finish painting the other track and then a major block I've had will have been taken care of.



Here is the cupola and the other hatch on top of the turret:


Now for all of the "correcting painting" that I needed to do, like where I missed with the spray or had to shave off when taking parts off sprue, I had to mix my own version of Modern Desert Sand... It's pretty close too. I was able to save some and mix more to put in a Testors 1/4 oz. jar for future use.

After a short... Hiatus of sorts, I have an overdue update:

I'm finally get closer to the day that I may see this model kit finished. Now it may look like I didn't actually do much but believe me, I did quite a bit.


The M2HB isn't actually glued down yet. I just have it fit in for now. I don't want to break it.


Almost finished with one track; one quarter to go. Half way down on the other track.


Turret so far. Little bit more to go.


Almost finished the bustle rack subassembly. Sorry for lousy photo quality.


And for the two sides, I used a rather... interesting tool to get that 90 degree angle for the end piece: