Thank you Jon.
I know this set. Unfortunately the shipping cost is two fold the price of the set. And I would only use the antennas.
I consider the turret step complete (minus the final details like the roof MGs).
So I’ve shifted to the hull. This will be a 2 step story.
1 fixing Takom mistakes and omissions of the three hulls;
2 customizing the hulls according to their users.
Step1:
The hull sides.
Takom molded the spark plugs access hatches in relief while they should be flush with the hull side. With the tip of my knife I engraved the hatch shape, then I drilled the bolt heads location and I finally sanded away each hatch (x6). The hardest was having 6 fine circles.
I still need to add the bolt heads and the tiny plate.
Then Takom like Heller molded the left torsion bars right ends at the rear of the right side torsion bar. So I gently removed the 10 parts and glued them back in the right direction.
Fortunately the hull type 2D (at the top of the picture) is correct.
Finally the mud scraper support which is too thin and too far from the sprocket is replaced by some 2mm rod. Do not forget the left side support.
TBC
Olivier