Jerry ....
I like the way you explain why your build is only 99.9999% perfect. The differences between the real thing and your efforts to build 1/10 scale reproductions in metal is shocking. I was stunned. How could you possibly think no one would notice???? However, I plan to use your statement to explain why everything I build is only 49.9999% perfect. Hey .... you make me feel like an amateur (so does everyone else on this forum).

"So I'll claim to all those who see my rendition and recognize the variation from the original: " I chose to model the very rare late war model of the stowage tube clasp -
made for just one day by a new last- ditch sub-contractor's facility before it was caught in a bombing run and was unable to resume production before the war ended..."
rex

P.S. In a previous post you made reference to the MBT 70. Ya got me thinkin' and doing Google searches for it..... I think I'm gonna give it a try ......