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I think I'm done building the model now. Well, except for the wheels and exhaust pipes, which I'll only add after painting, and the tracks, that still aren't cooperating

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On the left-hand side, I added a rolled-up camouflage net, the old-fashioned way by soaking a bit of bandage in thin PVA glue, and while it was still wet, rolling it up and tying it in place on the tank with more copper wire. The jerrycan on that side is now further back than before, because when I looked closely at the film footage of Cuckoo from the left, I noticed that there appears to be the net, then a gap, and then an item. I can't tell if it's actually a jerrycan or the bag-like thing that's visible there in the photo taken in Tilburg, but as I already had the jerrycan but no bag, I took the easy way out

I did try to add etched chains to the pins in the track hangers, but I had a great deal of trouble doing that, and when I finally got one in place I could hardly see it anymore, so: too bad, but I'm not going to bother with them. There's just one on the right rear, because I put a loose-hanging pin there, which makes the chain a little more obvious.

The pencilled circles on the turret sides and roof, BTW, are where the white stars will go. I'll probably only add them after painting, but I drew them now to get an idea of where they will go. This mainly because I was checking if it's possible at all to put a white stars on the turret roof in such a way that both the left-hand Pilz and the left front lifting eye end up being painted white. And yes, it turns out to be exactly like that if you draw a ring as large as possible on the roof in front of the commander's cupola

<blockquote data-quote="Jakko" data-source="post: 251920" data-attributes="member: 22167">I think I&#039;m done building the model now. Well, except for the wheels and exhaust pipes, which I&#039;ll only add after painting, and the tracks, that still aren&#039;t cooperating <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />[ATTACH=full]145494[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145495[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145496[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145497[/ATTACH]On the left-hand side, I added a rolled-up camouflage net, the old-fashioned way by soaking a bit of bandage in thin PVA glue, and while it was still wet, rolling it up and tying it in place on the tank with more copper wire. The jerrycan on that side is now further back than before, because when I looked closely at the film footage of Cuckoo from the left, I noticed that there appears to be the net, then a gap, and then an item. I can&#039;t tell if it&#039;s actually a jerrycan or the bag-like thing that&#039;s visible there in the photo taken in Tilburg, but as I already had the jerrycan but no bag, I took the easy way out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I did try to add etched chains to the pins in the track hangers, but I had a great deal of trouble doing that, and when I finally got one in place I could hardly see it anymore, so: too bad, but I&#039;m not going to bother with them. There&#039;s just one on the right rear, because I put a loose-hanging pin there, which makes the chain a little more obvious.The pencilled circles on the turret sides and roof, BTW, are where the white stars will go. I&#039;ll probably only add them after painting, but I drew them now to get an idea of where they will go. This mainly because I was checking if it&#039;s possible at all to put a white stars on the turret roof in such a way that both the left-hand Pilz and the left front lifting eye end up being painted white. And yes, it turns out to be exactly like that if you draw a ring as large as possible on the roof in front of the commander&#039;s cupola <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jakko, post: 251920, member: 22167"] I think I’m done building the model now. Well, except for the wheels and exhaust pipes, which I’ll only add after painting, and the tracks, that still aren’t cooperating :( [ATTACH=full]145494[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145495[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145496[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]145497[/ATTACH] On the left-hand side, I added a rolled-up camouflage net, the old-fashioned way by soaking a bit of bandage in thin PVA glue, and while it was still wet, rolling it up and tying it in place on the tank with more copper wire. The jerrycan on that side is now further back than before, because when I looked closely at the film footage of [I]Cuckoo[/I] from the left, I noticed that there appears to be the net, then a gap, and [I]then[/I] an item. I can’t tell if it’s actually a jerrycan or the bag-like thing that’s visible there in the photo taken in Tilburg, but as I already had the jerrycan but no bag, I took the easy way out :) I did try to add etched chains to the pins in the track hangers, but I had a great deal of trouble doing that, and when I finally got one in place I could hardly see it anymore, so: too bad, but I’m not going to bother with them. There’s just one on the right rear, because I put a loose-hanging pin there, which makes the chain a little more obvious. The pencilled circles on the turret sides and roof, BTW, are where the white stars will go. I’ll probably only add them after painting, but I drew them now to get an idea of where they will go. This mainly because I was checking if it’s possible at all to put a white stars on the turret roof in such a way that both the left-hand [I]Pilz[/I] and the left front lifting eye end up being painted white. And yes, it turns out to be exactly like that if you draw a ring as large as possible on the roof in front of the commander’s cupola :) [/QUOTE]

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