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including the crew hatches and rear

tool stowage.

Now things move onto the turret

assembly which begins with the

very nice main gun breech and

then the two turret halves complete

with interior detail, crew seats,

further ammo racks and some

nicely moulded 17 Pounder rounds.

With all that in place the turret is

completed with the addition of the

small armoured cover at the top, the

mantlet, main gun, the rear counter

weights and some more exterior

detailing. At this stage the main

build is already complete, and it is

time to turn our attention to the

crew. Here Tamiya have continued to

improve the craft of the plastic igure

with some very good-looking parts

which feature great detail on the

uniforms and some clever moulding

on the creases which hide most of

the joins very well.

A entire page of

the instructions

is dedicated to

completing and

itting the igures

in place, and they

really look the part

when inished, although I

decided to omit the driver. At

this stage the igures were test itted

and then inished with Tamiya and

Vallejo acrylics.

Painting and Detailing

Next, was some further detailing

and itting of the stowage which

comprised some lovely resin

camoulage nets and hanging bags

from Red Zebra and a mixture of

Tamiya parts from the kit and the

spares box. The kit .50 Cal was

replaced with a very nice resin part,

again from Red

Zebra. The tracks

were now primed

and given a coat of

Matt Black followed

by Red Brown. The

rubber track pads

were picked out with a

dark grey and then given

a suitable track wash and

then left to dry. The complete model

now was primed with MIG-2005 Black

Primer and then given a base coat

of MIG-110 British Brown. Over this I

applied a thin coat of MIG-112 British

Olive Drab which was then lightened

with MIG-061 Warm Sand Yellow and

applied to the panel centres and used

as a highlight. With the minimal decals

itted I decided on just basic washes

and dry brushing to bring out all the

detail, no heavy chipping or wear for

me on this build as I depicted a vehicle

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achilles

S c ale 1:35 / British Bulldog

The fighting compartment is very well represented The model was primed with MIG-2005 Black Primer....

....and the
camouflage
colours were
then applied....

...and the panels

highlighted