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Whoops, a day late, but happy Birthday Vincent

…and I’m done.
This thing is fugly.

I have screwed up a touch, I’ve slotted the axels for the front idler swing arms in wrong so will have to cut them off, drill ‘‘em out and redo with some brass rod to strengthen the joint.

Steps 27-29 Basically the armament. No dramas here, dry fit everything as the fit is very tight. I had to sand down the pivot points on the gun mount “barrel” (N5 and 6) to enable it to move in N2 and N3. IMG_6008.jpeg The top and bottom of the turret have a very tight fit. Mine needed a bit of fett...

Steps 24-26 Basically more details to the posterior aspect of the turret as well as the search radar. IMG_6006.jpeg The Ammo bins are PE but can be shaped around the Ammo cans to a degree. All PE in this build was glued with Ammo of Migs “Ultra Glue” (A.Mig 2031). I drilled out the antenna mounts (p...

Stupid question, but not really being a student of Russian or German armour of WWII, but is there a list somewhere of vehicles that would have been used at Kursk? Looking at building a Stug or Panzer III but don’t want to launch into the wrong variant!!

I’m in but wouldn’t mind a bit more time….

Step 21-23 Most of this is building and installing the tracking radar. It’s a small kit unto itself. It rotates and swivels, but you have to decide if you want it stowed or deployed as the hydraulic system for this is fixed. 49A009E0-DC5E-49BB-B80E-7ACC8B26DA85.jpeg I was hoping to leave the armour ...

Vincent Power wrote: ↑16 Apr 2023, 04:24 Looking good Adam. You are making quick work of this one

Vincent

A couple of free weekends where work or domestic bliss hasn’t intruded!

Step 20 More turret stuff, 32 parts later we have this; B47E9C5F-DF57-4924-B90B-660A20A197E9.jpeg Lots of tiny parts but Takom has included close ups of some areas so you can get the orientation correct. The equipment rails on the side are best cleaned up on the sprue. I cut the “rail” section off t...

Steps 17-19 This is the start of the turret. I would not recommend following the instructions too closely otherwise things don’t line up so well due to the lack of locating pins for some parts. 8FD93B17-5968-49BE-97CF-9D777904BA17.jpeg Suggestion - step 17 goes together easily just make sure you get...