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No problem, only glad my answer appears to be correct, thanks to the handboek by Jakko
And funny enough, I have done the opposite, being Dutch doing a Brittish what if 
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Brilliant! We move in mysterious ways!
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I’ve homed in on those little plastic zip-loc bags that abound everywhere, not least in the modelling accessories world. I might undertake troop trials this evening with various glues. I don’t want to spoil it all by fogged up windows.
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No different than a modeller from any other country doing a British what-if, except that there’s a lot more documentation on (and kits for) British vehicles than Dutch ones 
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As I’m finding out, although with a technically What-If as the centre-piece I suppose I don’t have to worry too much about accuracy, just the plausibility - if that isn’t an oxymoron!
As an aside, the GVT-70 rests completed on a shelf whilst I prepare other models and the more I look at it, the more I feel it’s a shame it never came to fruition (I am more than aware of the technical problems that doomed it of course). One could almost get used to it; as I gaze (too much obviously) I can see it in my mind’s eye parked up in various NATO barracks, or say, roaring down quiet German roads undergoing road tests, let alone during the exercise season. It would have been a sight to behold, both in North Rhine Westphalia and the south - with the US fielding their version, and indeed, throughout Germany as a whole if the Bundeswehr had it. We could have German versions, Dutch, and possibly Belgian ones, and as I say, in the south MBT 70 - all in Gelboliv less MBT-70 perhaps in the MASSTER scheme, and later, MERDC.
Sorry, just a massive whimsy and distraction on my part, but it does look so different, yet all dusted up etc, in a way, Cold War familiar.
Clearly I need to get out more!
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Part 2:
Looks like you may have to add a funnel to the gunner’s hatch (see 16:18 minutes in)
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Hah! I haven’t watched it all yet, but perhaps adopting the Soviet method for crewing T-64s and T-72s would apply - just use smaller soldiers!
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Slimmer soldiers, certainly As a gunner on this, it looks like you would have every incentive to lose some weight.
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A far cry from the (possible) myth that soldiers crewing the mighty Conqueror - specifically the loader/operator - had to be given extra rations and receive extra PT to enable him to cope with the weight of the main armament’s ammunition.
The Americans, crewing basically the same weapon in their M103, simply added another loader.
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Work on one of the additional vehicles undertaken today; I won’t bore you with the sorry tale of resin hell, save it felt like I repaired more than I actually built:
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You couldn’t make this up could you - but today my HRH figure received his sunglasses. I mean, what was I thinking of doing? But I found out that FC Model Trend produced some, and as I was placing an order with them, thought why not?
Mind you, the attrition rate was quite high; just getting the bastard things off the runners was taxing enough, let alone getting them to fit on the figure.
Anyway, he’ll look better once painted and lose that Brains from Thunderbirds look. The jawline needs a bit of attention, but this was the only Hornet Head I could find with the cap perched on the head at a jaunty angle, and I didn’t really feel like butchering heads and headdresses (oh no, I’d rather mess around with sunglasses in 1/35!). I had thought of adding to the jaw with Mr Dissolved Putty or similar, but I’m not a plastic surgeon. Oh, wait…
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Toss up with Joe 90…
Mal
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After my time(!)
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I’ve been tinkering on the periphery today; I*'*m awaiting delivery of some lenses (vital for headlights I find, and now that Little Cars in UK, who used to provide a very reasonably priced, extensive range have shut up shop, the only supplier I can find is Resicast); however, they should turn up soon. Ditto a range of figures from Sylly’s Models.
So, just some small details really. I belatedly noticed that the briefcase I used from a Bronco set was actually quite small, so decided that the MA (Military Assistant, normally a Lieutenant Colonel who is employed as a senior officer’s personal staff officer) deserves better and went for a swanky 1970s type. I don’t quite know what I was thinking of, this is just the sort of detail I normally do myself in any case. Yet to be painted, but just for your delectation:
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A better choice methinks.
The brown one reminds me more of a workmans lunch box than a brief case.
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Yes, I was thinking that or an Edwardian woman’s travelling bag; what was I thinking of? Sheer laziness sometimes obviously; an accessory set exists so you think it must do the job, and in this case (pun intended) it didn’t.
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Well then,
case closed.
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To Dutch eyes, it looks like the type of leather school bag that used to be common until the mid ’80s, before we discovered that backpacks were much easier in daily use. Though it would need a strap with a buckle in the middle, between the two pouches.
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Groan
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