I’m calling it done.
Not a bad kit, I had no fit problems whatsoever. I think there are a couple of areas where different versions have been researched, but now I know what a minefield that is I forgive Italeri! It’s been several years since I made a plastic kit other than a figure - May 2020 in fact- and I have to say I have really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the research for the extra details and CITF.
I was hoping to do the crew but I have other calls on my time and I don’t want to rush them , so they will have to wait for now.
The observant amongst you will notice that the .30 cals are about to lose all the ammo out of their boxes, but they are only PVA’d in place so all that will change when the figures get added. I particularly want to replicate this guy having a smoke...
I notice there is an extra armoured back to the cupola which was not included in the kit, so that will have to be addressed.
Having tried to fit the guns I'm also a bit sceptical about the inclusion of the screen thingy behind the cupolas-they seem to obstruct the free movement of the gun shields and ammo boxes, so maybe there are some wires crossed in the research process. Was it removable, I wonder? It's too late for me to do anything about it now. And I’m sure I will think of more C to go in the F.
As I have made clear already, this is the first stage of a diorama I have planned , so you will be seeing more of it in due course, but it’s taken me ten years to get to this stage, so no breath holding, please!
Thanks so much to those who have followed along and chimed in with banter and encouragement, and, of course ,many thanks indeed to @Geoffers for proposing and hosting the GB ,which kicked my butt into starting it at last.
Here's the rest of the pics
Thanks again everyone
Neil
Not a bad kit, I had no fit problems whatsoever. I think there are a couple of areas where different versions have been researched, but now I know what a minefield that is I forgive Italeri! It’s been several years since I made a plastic kit other than a figure - May 2020 in fact- and I have to say I have really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the research for the extra details and CITF.
I was hoping to do the crew but I have other calls on my time and I don’t want to rush them , so they will have to wait for now.
The observant amongst you will notice that the .30 cals are about to lose all the ammo out of their boxes, but they are only PVA’d in place so all that will change when the figures get added. I particularly want to replicate this guy having a smoke...
I notice there is an extra armoured back to the cupola which was not included in the kit, so that will have to be addressed.
Having tried to fit the guns I'm also a bit sceptical about the inclusion of the screen thingy behind the cupolas-they seem to obstruct the free movement of the gun shields and ammo boxes, so maybe there are some wires crossed in the research process. Was it removable, I wonder? It's too late for me to do anything about it now. And I’m sure I will think of more C to go in the F.
As I have made clear already, this is the first stage of a diorama I have planned , so you will be seeing more of it in due course, but it’s taken me ten years to get to this stage, so no breath holding, please!
Thanks so much to those who have followed along and chimed in with banter and encouragement, and, of course ,many thanks indeed to @Geoffers for proposing and hosting the GB ,which kicked my butt into starting it at last.
Here's the rest of the pics
Thanks again everyone
Neil
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If this is your first non-figure in four years, then you certainly haven’t lost the skill 
