Once the corpus of the APC was built, it was time to add detail. I began by noting the position and size of doors and armor plates on the original, and placed them on the model. Some of the door corners were rounded, and some were square. The rounded corners were easily achieved by sanding. I used a lot of the scrap pieces left over from making the body for hatches, corners, and such. I have to economize as much as possible, since I haven’t been able to find sheet styrene here in Khabarovsk. I travel through Moscow at least once a year, so I use that time to stock up on materials and kits I can’t find. There’s a great hobby shop in Moscow, with lots of photo-etch parts, diorama accessories, etc. available (that’s their website on my links, but it’s all in Russian – be forewarned!).
After basic detailing there was some more advanced detailing to be done, and there were a couple of tricky bits, so I’ll cover that in my next post.
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