Front end work means double the work!

Time to do some work to the front end of the Dragon Tiger 1 tank kit. First off was to construct the two hatch covers. Now most of the older kits that I have seen for a Tiger do the hatch in two or three parts. This one takes six which means double the work!

The front mounted machine gun would have normally been about 3 or 4 parts but on this kit eight!

The lamp is four parts as opposed to the usual two.

Whilst it may be slow and painful to construct kit parts like these there is a sense of satisfaction that it has been done and with minimal contributions to the swear jar - although that is not always the case! Anyway the front end is coming on but I still have to deal with some tiny etched nrass parts which may see the swear jar swell!