my matorro king tiger

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raven
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thanks alan i have the schmo grills just waiting on nuts and bolts for them still have a lot to do like finish my pz3

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i gave the hull quick spin around the floor worked great when i took a closer look the tracks almost rubbing against the hull so i made some spacers to put inside the sprockets only 1mm thick looks better now
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another problem had to cut gun barrel it was glued in wrong position needed to turn muzzle brake couldnt take apart as its all well glued together just need to stick it back on and some filler

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filled in gaps under turret with styrene and drilled hole in mantlet is it some kind of sight fixed barrel back together

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Hi Chris the hole in the mantlet is for the machine gun.
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thanks alan i put some zimmerit on bottom of turret where gaps were, my first time to attempt doing zimm looks ok


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Zimmeritte looks good Chris she's coming on well :clap: :thumbup:
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Looking good Chris
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thanks guys have now added locking bolts to rear hatch made these by heating styrene then bent over screwdriver cut and drilled a bit of sprue then glued in handles out of paper clips do they look ok

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shes coming along nicely, some great detail used, as to the locking bolts for the rear turret hatch they look spot on
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