Thank you very much, guys!
TurretTo continue with the turret, that needs some work too.
All the kitparts for the turret.
I started cutting up the gun.
Made the recoilprotection frame to the breech.
Painted and weathered the turret interior. No detail was aded as nothing can be seen of it in the end.
Two sinkholes on the turret sides were filled and the welding seams were deepened using a scriber.
Turret constructed. Please remark the trapezoid backplate, which is of the wrong model for this tank.
Rounded of the back corners of turret with a file and scribed a rectangular backplate.
A small block of plastic was glued in the front aperture of the turret and a smooth curved front was sanded on the turret.
A new armour plate and gun mantlet were made, and the original kit barrel was shorthened. A piece of iron wire provides strength, coherence and a straigth line up. Especially the gun mantlet was hard work as it has a very complex irregular shape and sizes only 4 x 5 x 6mm.
Armour plate and mantlet in position.
Now the turret was further detailed: bolts and pistol port on the back plate, lifting eyes to the turret roof.
Gun barrel placed and pericope slits melted in using a small hot screwdriver.
The turret hatch became a little project by itsself. De roundview periscope, which is missing in later model T34's, is built in the extended position.
Inside of the hatch.
Well on schedule!
Now to continue with the wheels, which is not very complicated.