Things have moved on! The 122mm gun is all assembled apart from the very end of the barrel, and mounted to the turret base. It us a superbly detailed gun which looks great when viewed closely.
The one thing is.....
...as soon as you put the turret superstructure on the detail disappears! It is not as though the turret has opening hatches. You can leave the hatches open but apart from the detail of the gun there is no other interior so the model would look somewhat strange if you did.
Why did I assemble all that detail when it will be hidden away? Good question that even I asked myself. However there is an answer. Without building some of the detail the mount to the turret base would not work. Unfortunately a great number of the parts are interconnected so it is not as though you can leave off certain parts because others will not fit without them in place. It was however an interesting build for me and I do at least know the detail is there even if it never sees the light of day once finished.
As this build progresses, I have to admit, that whilst aesthetically the tank looks somewhat strange as though someone dropped a concrete bunker onto a tank chassis it does have a purposeful, industrial look to it. It will be interesting posing it next to the Egyptian T34/85 I recently built. In the meantime these two last pictures show why this tank probably would never win a design award!
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