Headless?

I have spent some time putting the drive sprockets and idler wheels together as well as preparing some more track links ready to be assembled once I have enough to do a full track run. The tank has an unusual sprocket drive in that unlike most tans where the drive wheels have teeth that engage in holes in the track, the T34 has a toothless drive wheel but the triangular guide teeth on the tracks are pushed by rods that are between the two faces of the drive wheel. It obviously worked!

Nothing too exciting with the work above but I have started to assemble the four figures provided with the kit. They are nicely detailed and come in a harder plastic than the tank kiy so are a little more robust when it comes to cleaning them up as they come off the sprue.

The first figure has been put together minus his head! I am thinking of leaving his head off whilst painting the figure as it might be easier to paint the face. Figure painting is not my strongest skill. In fact to use the word skill in relation to my attempts at this art is perhaps a major injustice to the word itself! Anyway I will see how this one goes once he and his three mates are in the WMD HQ paint shop. In the meantime here we have the headless tanker - for the moment anyway!