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- Cut off all of the molded on details.
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- Filled in the holes with putty
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- Hacked off part of the rear vehicle, making the cockpit wall
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- Reinforced the new wall with a torso
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- Added a viewport, more putty
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- Hacked the top hull, removed the fenders, but left part of the fender supports
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- Test fitting the upper and lower hulls
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- Part of the spruce made a nice gap filler, but I needed to sand it down with my Miter Sander
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- You can see the part of the sprue I took it from
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- Once fitted, it covered the large gap underneath the vehicle
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- Fit part of the turret to the side as exhaust
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- The flat figure stands were cut to make engine mounts
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- The engines were made from the idlers with a sprue in the middle. The sprue was sanded down to a point to look like engines.
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- These were fitted to the mounts and glued to the rear
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- I made a side exhaust system from water canteens
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- Once glued together, these canteens were fitted to a rack of some sort
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- This was fitted under the previously designed side exhaust port
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- I added the antennae mount to the front of the vehicle, this covered up a gap and looks cool
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- Air brakes were created from parts from the kit. These were glued together and putty-filled.
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- They were attached and I added MP40 guns to act as actuators
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- For the turret windows, I sprayed part of the plastic sprue wrap a green color mixed with Future
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- I cut out pieces of this and glued it to the back of the turret windows I had opened up
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- Track bits used for the upper hull
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- On top, I added reinforcement pieces and details from extra track links
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- Suspension pieces during cleanup
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- Suspension pieces glued facing inward underneath
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- The turret is a thick piece of sprue I drilled out
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- For an ammo belt, I used gas mask canisters and part of the vinyl track
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- I used various parts to create an armored feed system for the ammo
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- The belt was glued to the turret, but otherwise free to move
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- Once the windows were masked off, I was ready to paint it.
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- Initially I sprayed it a grey/tan color, then I masked thin vertical lines around the upper hull/turret.
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- After spraying a dark green color, I removed the masks.
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- You can see the neat camo pattern.
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- I made fuel drums from return rollers and paper from the box.
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- The turret painted (window masks removed)
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- The handholds on the cockpit side and turret are from staples in the box.
