Have got a bit of progress done.
I decided to take the plunge and strip off the skirt hanger runs, and go with a clean canvas.
The Atak Zimmerit kit I have although for a Tamiya Panther, will fit(well I will make it fit
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)and that then should allow the positioning of the relevant brackets & skirt hanger runs as required.
These will be made out of sprue material in a similar method to my Dozer-panther.
Heng Long plastic is bloody tough !..............it took a 4" angle grinder to remove the stuff in any sort of haste, and then dressed with a detail sander to get the lot smoothed off.
I actually had to vacuum up outside to get the burnt plastic off the ground before the kids bought it in on their feet
The rear plate received the same treatment, I am going to give PE stowage bins a go....................
I recovered the rounded cast covers for the exhausts from my Pantiger donor, cut the 3 pipes off & dressed the damage. Mr surfacer 500 will go over the mess.
Brass pipes & jack support will also be out of brass sprue.
Pipe covers from aluminium is the plan.
The drivers and radio mans hatches have also been removed, but the metal replacements need to have material added into the holes to bring the shape & size back to right. That will be next.
Lower hull needs the bump stops re-positioning, and the track support rollers putting on, old Pz III return rollers will be butchered up for these.
As this is an early G, the crew heater was not present. Thats been hacked off and replaced with some scrap material and a replacement resin vent from overseas.
Still lots to do but todays been good progress with the family out at a dance comp & me 'unsupervised' by adults
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