must be an early version, but then again the Bovy one is a mk 1 and it has that giant turret equipment cage on the Bustle of the turret.
the rear plate finally, correctly fitted out.
the side armour support arms (c40)are a very unhelpful butt join.
sand them to as flat a mating surface as I can and support them till they harden in place, they canât sag when they take the weight of the side plates.
that does make more sense of my picture taken of one, peering between the roadwheel and a gap in the armour of the Bovy tank.
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Just been revisiting this post and I notice I listed the wrong Revell Enamel colour; 'should be No 65 not 67.
Apologies all round in case someone was thinking of painting something Brit pre 70s.
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first base coat of green, the first of many paint effects, this is going to be the only area of real paint wear on the model.
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early applications of mud effects on the lower hull and running gear. Iâm counting on this drying and cracking like the real thing on Soltau.
I want to represent those long Autumn ex where you could start in thawing mud and end in extreme dust that got in your hair, food, equipment. This is the in between period as the mud dries and cracks off.
the ex could go from this, that I took in 1981.
to this, the inescapable back of the throat dust.
back to the model, lots of effects still to go on there, before the side armour goes on.
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Why is this thread tagged âTamiyaâ?
KL
didnât know that it was, must have self populated automatically, see if I can change it to Dragon.
clamp of some sort on the front.
very different on the Mk1
the Mk1 has the same fitting but the securing pin is missing
starting to build up the track bashing tools on the rear trackguard
theyâre missing on the Mk1 but I guess Bovington place them in storage to prevent them going missing.
due to the Queenâs Jubilee celebrations tank building may be interrupted, normal service will resume shortly.
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hoorah for Her Majesty
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Once youâre back on track (no pun intended) thereâs some really good images on here:
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Interesting link, many thanks, it reminds me that Iâm wasting my time asking Bovington for inside access to their Conkey, the one in the link is the tank the Chieftains hatch got to look inside, full interior, whereas you remember Bovieâs being like a black label kit, ie no interior, a giant empty space.
on the subject of no interior, the commanders viewing devices only include the uppers, no interior parts.
the stowage cage on the turret rear put up a fight, finally got it together and let it set hard.
the real one is finer, not as thick scale wise as the Black Label offering.
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Nice job on the basket regardless of its chunkiness⌠Thatâs the issue with a lot of baskets⌠But youâve cracked that one and it looks good. 
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Iâd forgotten that the rack was quite so chunky; I may have sanded mine down a bit - Iâm afraid I canât remember. What I did do was ram it full of camnet, a water jerrican and a call-sign board which, in my opinion, worked out OK, though of course, I was after a certain portrayal.
If youâre minded to say, put a Commander figure in the Fire Control Turret then the lack of interior details isnât too much of a problem, but then, I wanted to depict the tank fully manned. I also replaced the antennae with lengths of brass rod - around 3" or so.
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Thanks for the comments Gents.
The kit has ups and downs like all kits, as Iâm mainly building this OOB the kit build is showing both. the tow cable stowage set up is good.
the lower cage brackets under the Bustle
Bulges either side of the commanders sub turret for the range finder.
black thread standing in for comms line.
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with all the glaring errors all sanded over, itâs had a part blow over with the same base green, time for some general views before a pinch of salt here and there.
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Building up well. Itâs a big old beast thatâs for sure. Looking good all round
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