The front of the mantle is not covered in "canvas" but it has been given a bit of cosmetic work. The sides though have been. The two blend blend together reasonably well after the cosmetic work I did to the stock mantle. Kinda had to because the mantle has holes in it for the mounting of the "ERA" on the RISE armor version which made it look horrible. I had to fill the holes so while I had the mantle off, I added the side "canvas". With this tank it was rather easy given the way the mantle comes apart and the room in and around it. I also added a new barrel "baffling" and a new M68 barrel. All these things add up to a much improved turret look.

Here are a couple of photos Of the mantle being worked on and new gun barrel.

Mantle with holes being filled.

New M68 main gun installed. Note the difference between the stock TD barrel bottom and the new M68 barrel laying next to it.



reasonable blend of stock mantle and "canvas" sides. I could have done better but was in a time crunch to make the April 2023 LA Tank Club event.