Another in a series of Berlin dioramas I’m working on. I’m starting this one today with the start of the diorama:
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Good Start
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Good luck and have fun! And, please post lots of images of your progress!
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It was a good weekend for building. Other than having to do a 5K with my wife in 8 degree weather, the slate was free.
While it looks like I made good progress, the I still have a lot to do. The kit did not come with a DshK, but fortunately I have one from another kit. Still, it needs the pintle mount which will have to be scratch built.
Also, the inside hatch detail is abysmal, so I’ll need to work on that as well. And since I forgot to seal off the sponsons, I’ll have to figure out how to do that after it’s already been assembled.
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The inside hatch detail was cast on - poorly. And no periscope. I’ll use a periscope from the AFV Club T35/85. I’ve already shaved of the handle, which was two dimensional:
My modest efforts at the latch handle:
The hole is from a lift ring added to the outside. Naturally it had to be filled with CA.
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Modest efforts? Looks like pretty dang good details from here 
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Very nice job Robert
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Excellent detailing. Great build.
I hate to point this out, but shouldn’t the muzzle brake be rotated 90 degrees to horizontal orientation?
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This is the same museum vehicle. Note that the muzzle brake is in neither a horizontal nor vertical orientation, but actually at a random orientation, near vertical, but not precisely aligned. I would argue that the muzzle brake has been removed at some point and reinstalled later without regard to proper alinement.
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Maybe they’re modeling White 648, which is what I’m doing - complete with penetration hole in the barrel.
The kit’s barrel is keyed to make it go on correctly. I removed the key so that I could orient it as in the photo. Note missing fender:
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OK, I see… as Roseanne Roseannadanna would say; “Nevermind”. 
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One of the all time greats.
But thanks for pointing it out anyway. Imagine it was not intentional. Boy would I have been pissed later on. I never mind it when people are trying to be helpful, although there are a few out there who do. Their work suffers for it.
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The reason the muzzle brake is positioned like that is because, when firing a cannon, that type of muzzle brake tends to kick up a lot of dust to both sides, which can obstruct the gunner’s line of sight. so that the position of muzzle brake wouldn’t block the gunner’s view too much.
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My guess is with the street fighting in areas like Berlin, they wanted to divert the blast up and down rather than sideways towards nearly troops. Anyone who has ever stood close to a 155 when it fires knows what I mean.
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Are muzzle brakes adjustable? I assumed they were welded in place.
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No they are removable. Usually by screwing them off/on…
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