Afew updated on this one. Digging into the details you realise whilst the detail hooben have represented are generally correct and in the right place they're pretty low detail and can be improved on. Something I have also realised is on its travels some bits have been mislaid and will need replacing. One of the fender supports, tow shackle holder and some handles off the engine deck. I also need to do something about the gaps in the Atak zim
Some of the replacement bits. Replacing the non scale grab handles with brass ones.
I've also started refitting some of external bits that I'm not modifying.
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I've also reworked the welds using the soldering iron method
Finally I wanted a working convoy light. The elefant uses the panzer iv type which only modellbaugasse do and is out of stock. So I made on using the existing bits. Jimbo wans excellent elefant blog gave me some initial ideas, then I refined.
First thing was to open the two apatite that are there already and open two more in the middle. The outside ones were squared off with a small file. Then I built the centre ones with styrene. Lighting is courtesy of two 5mm green leds ground square and glued together. I tried them head on and perpendicular. Head on was a bit too bright and head on was much better.
