Wow ... hard to believe it's been 2 months since I last posted any pics of my build. I told ya I wasn't in any hurry!! After recoverying from being sick around Thanksgiving, figure in the Holidays, losing the drive to want to get out and get materials while shopping for Christmas, I just let everything sit for awhile.

It's funny, it took a 1/77nd scale airplane kit I kicked out in a couple of hours this Sunday to get back in the mood again. This isn't just going to be a battler, but I want to spend some time with detailing and things that have been neglected in the past.

The following pics are pretty self explanatory. A little bit of modifying the resin turret kit, grafting the Tamiya turret ring to fit it, measuring the elevation arm out, reinforcing the mantlet pivot arms and installing the emitter tube correctly. I still need to test the balance of the barrel with the muzzle brake installed to see if I need more weight at the other end.



























It ain't pretty, but beauty is only skin deep!