I noticed a seam that will have to be fixed after applying the texturing. When I test fitted the mantlet it had a significant diagonal skew. Twisting didn't bring it in line so I ended up cutting the attachment point right off, glued it to the mantlet then re-attached at the correct angle. You might also be able to make out the casting number which was added from a Historex detail sprue from the spares bin.
For the stowage bin I wanted to try to recreate the clasps for the lids. This was done with a combination of plastic strip, fine wire and bits of sprue. The bin itself needed some super-glue seam filler and sanding. I also added a few dents and dings. You might notice in the picture above that the pistol port is inverted. I popped it off and glued it the right way around.
For the smoke grenade launchers, I really wanted to add some wiring detail. The Italeri part consists of bracket, launcher holder and individual tubes. First I hollowed out the tubes and then bent the launcher holder tabs to more or less the angles seen in pictures of the real thing. At the rear of each launcher I glued a small bit of round plastic sliced from a piece of stretched sprue. When the glue was set I drilled a small hole in each to run the wires through and tacked them down with super-glue. A short piece of thicker copper wire was used to complete the connection through the turret roof.
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