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The daughters cat Nina greeting me (or dying) at 7 am this morning as i started to move the T34 production out into the lovely sunlight for a modelling session.

















Making holes for the outer tank brackets























Tanks on and a bit of weathering. You can see the front of the tank doesn't sit true, lower front hull. Took about 30 minutes of sanding the lower and upper parts to get a match before i glued it down.





















Not happy with my tank work, really need some filler/model putty for the joins. The rear guards are going to need a ton of work to fit, they just do not match up at all to where they are meant to. Top and bottom still not matched at this point. I used a heated up nail to make the extra hole in the rear where the cabling goes in above the rear hatch, you can see how far out the hole is in the kit. I think of it as a field mod

















Rusty front track piece, surprisingly the front guards fit perfectly when test fitting.

















Stuka view



















Wasn't sure what these were as nearly every kit i looked at online neglected to put them on. I rusted them and choose to believe they are some sort of track 'get out of jail free' linkage.





















I reckon i have another day left to fine tune the weathering i don't like and put the rest of the bits on. Bit of an ugly duckling of a tank, makes me think of a Dalek gone wrong.













Fairly limited model shop out here Goon so i am going to have to start looking online as i want some more weathering products and washes especially. It's about a 40k drive to the nearest decent shop in the big smoke. I need to look at some decal stuff as well because i wasn't real happy with how the Tiger ones came out. What i am also wondering is, what is the best final coat i should use to seal the models? The paint is i'm using is all Tamiya acrylics.The daughters cat Nina greeting me (or dying) at 7 am this morning as i started to move the T34 production out into the lovely sunlight for a modelling session.Making holes for the outer tank bracketsTanks on and a bit of weathering. You can see the front of the tank doesn't sit true, lower front hull. Took about 30 minutes of sanding the lower and upper parts to get a match before i glued it down.Not happy with my tank work, really need some filler/model putty for the joins. The rear guards are going to need a ton of work to fit, they just do not match up at all to where they are meant to. Top and bottom still not matched at this point. I used a heated up nail to make the extra hole in the rear where the cabling goes in above the rear hatch, you can see how far out the hole is in the kit. I think of it as a field modRusty front track piece, surprisingly the front guards fit perfectly when test fitting.Stuka viewWasn't sure what these were as nearly every kit i looked at online neglected to put them on. I rusted them and choose to believe they are some sort of track 'get out of jail free' linkage.I reckon i have another day left to fine tune the weathering i don't like and put the rest of the bits on. Bit of an ugly duckling of a tank, makes me think of a Dalek gone wrong.

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