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Old 08-27-2013 | 02:00 AM
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If the Tiger is not battling, this plate can be removed to use the original cupola.

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Habe in meiner Kiste noch einen Winkelspiegel gefunden.

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Then I added the gunnerīs optical square.

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Added details to the gunnerīs hatch.

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The main work on the turret is done. Letīs do some tuning here.

Take glazing body filler and a bristle brush. Put some of the filler using the brush to the turret and speckle and turn it at the same time. Do it for the areas that shall have shaping structure.

Then speckle the filler without turning to the gun mantlet to get cast structure.

After the filler has dried, grind the filler almost off for the shaping structure and grind a little bit for the cast structure.

I hope, you can understand what I mean.

The result should look like this:

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Now remove the filler from the following areas.

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