Well, it is finally finished but before I send the pictures to CMOT for feature upload, I will give you a sneak peek. Also, I forgot to mention a fix to the fuel/water can racks on the extended bustle rack and addition to missing brackets for gunners shields.

As mentioned, the kit supplied fuel and water cans do not fit in the racks on the extended bustle rack. Luckily I had some photo etch racks left over from an Eduards set. I just removed the plastic ones and glued the new ones in place.







Next was the addition to the missing brackets for the gunners protective shields that attach it to the round plate in front of the gunners station. Some Evergreen plastic and Meng bolt heads fixed that right up.



Last was the missing handle that held the rear shield in place. Release the handle and the shield swings open for ease of loading tank ammo.



And here is the beast all finished up. The rest of the pics will be sent in for a picture feature.



Again, thanks to Jacek for catching the errors in the kit that I didn't see for depicting "Bad Blessing."

Pete, I can't wait to see the feature. Your work is beautiful. Great attention to detail. Thank you for sharing.

Regards,

Eric

Amazing work. Can't wait to see the rest.

Turn out quite nice !
If the valves of the blast-panels are a separate item ... maybe you could still attach them on the welded plate covers since they are not "flush" with the deck and leave a slight gap on the real thing.
Nice job, well done !

Cheers
Christopher

Pete!

Great model. Congratulations!

:-H

Of the three kits by Meng, Academy and RFM, which one is the best one to build?

Mike

I haven't worked on MENG's kit yet. For price, the Academy kit is far better. For build, they are both equal.