Nice one Phil, will be watching with interest.

Mark

Thanks for looking in Mark

Next i moved onto the Turret , and like the hull the hatch for the loader is moulded on and the commanders postion is also closed off with the cuppola a separate part ,so needed to open these up the commanders position was simple enough but looking at the loaders hatch was daunting as the hatch and its surround was all one piece ,so i scoured the internet trying to find not only a hatch but the surround aswell the hatch was pretty easy to find, as you can get all these in white metal but not the surround , i almost had to rethink this until when i was looking at 120mm figures, i found a commander and loader diorama figure set and the loader came with the hatch and surround Saved i chose to use the surround but i bought a white metal hatch ,so on with the surgery below are picture off before and after , chain drilling filing and filling

Thanks Gray ye the zimmerit is quite good and you can get it for most scales all pre-cut cheer`s Phil

I then test fitted the surround for the loaders hatch and all though it fitted perfectly was warped but i got it to sit nicely,i then started on the abber etch which is three sheets of etch various brass wire and covers the whole tank where some parts are missing form the kit

The rivets which are the archer ones were added on the stowage bin

The Abber gun barrel is a work of Art

Some impressive work being shown here Phil and the gun barrel looks awesome. Can see this is going to be something special when finished..... Very well done...

Regards

Alan

Thanks Alan cheer`s Phil

Very nice work Phil, modelling at its best.

Mark