[ATTACH=full]82365[/ATTACH]IMG_1550 by Brett Watt, on Flickr

I do love me some cool PE on a tank.  I really find it therapeutic!

[ATTACH=full]82366[/ATTACH]IMG_1552 by Brett Watt, on Flickr

This, in addition to the assembly and extensive sanding of all 12 road wheels, is where I am at.  I've put in about 8 hours a day at the workbench yesterday and today.  I'll be able to put in about another 6 hours tomorrow, but after that I'm off to a 10-day summer employment opportunity in the Canadian Rockies.  $$$

Like I said, this build is part of a group build for British Tanks.  Most participants that have chosen to build a Chieftain have elected to use Takom's brand-new tooling and release of the Chieftain: Mk.2, Mk.5, Mk.10, and Mk.11.  However, at $80-$100 CDN for one of these kits, I elected to go the cheap route: buy the kit second-hand for $30, and add $20 in PE.  We'll see if my sweat-equity pays off, because I am very interested to see how a souped up vintage kit stacks up against a modern version.  Besides, I didn't relish assembling and gluing together 160-odd individual Takom tracks.  That sort of thing killed my mojo for my old Tamiya Merkava bench queen.