Nice job there.
thanks… calling the interior done with the final 4 crew seats… not brilliant and will likely fall out when painted but they add a little to the space…
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Very nice job
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starting on the upper hull… a few fiddly fits but mostly it is just falling in to place
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I have been striving to not get this kit but you are making it even more difficult. Keeping my AFV interior just in case I crack and buy it.
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Nice job on the firewall Robert.
Edit: just saw the driver/gunners bits - very nice indeed. 
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thanks both… limited modelling time (would;ve been any way due to the garden fence needing painting) as I managed to fall ~6ft off a ladder and crack my ribs (rear) off a plant pot. Think there is at least one cracked but the pain has gone down… so today managed to crack on with the upper hull… going together well and I am really glad I took time to d a rudimentary interior. Not sure when I will get chance to paint it up (need to paint other models first)
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Cracked a rib once but on a tank.
The interior looks the part.
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Ouch 
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Yup that interior detail makes an incredible difference.
Looking really nice. The interior looks great. I’m surprised Rye Field left the interior empty when there is such a gaping hole up top.
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managing some build time but not 100% as much as I want… leaving smaller PE for now so on to the gun. Quite a few small bits but goes together well…
and then finally just resting it all together - starting to look the part
gun finished (Well it was until I broke the piston that controls the elevation while trying to take photos… it only sits on a small pin and the other end in a small hole with a PE strap - will repair but probably going to be fixed (which is OK as wanted it in the travel lock once painted)). Need to add tie down lops to the “turret” ring and then add home made weld beads around it, make the tracks (link & length) and then look at the fuel drums - might just do the mountings or perhaps one off one on (and battered)
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Looking good. It is amazing this thing worked without tearing itself apart. That is a really small attachment point between the gun and the hull. I would have thought it would be much more stout.
yes - it is probably ~ 35" on the real thing…
The gun/mount is very well designed actually. Half the recoil is absorbed due to the muzzle brake design and the recoil mechanism on top of the barrel helps even more to produce a well stabilised/sturdy gun mount.
The gun uses a typical three legged mount so I guess the Syrians fired the gun when aligned with the longitudal axis of the vehicle. The gun has also been used placed on trucks.
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build almost complete, need to add rear mudguards, weld beading round the opening and then do the tracks bit I think I need to paint the interior first. May be able to get paint time this weekend but need to prime the Pz III first
struggled with the rear fuel tanks so one on (damaged), one showing a broken bracket… and some damage to front fenders
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Interior primer on, now it is starting to come together. Front part will be white, rear will be same as external (sand grey)
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I am talking about the flimsy-looking plate that it is mounted onto the hull with. It looks like the recoil would rip the gun off that flimsy plate. I guess it worked though.
Maybe that is it. The actual metal looks much more robust.