The cover above the engine is cut from the original top plate from the dragon kit.
The original prototype did not have the centre aperture above engine, but I reasoned that extra cooling may have been required, so decided to leave it as is. I have since changed my mind and will remove it.
A test fit. The Airfix plate fell a bit short, so a spacer was fitted.
The radiator cover sat a bit high, so the hull was filed down until it sat correctly.
Filed. glued and filled, she now sits correctly.
A test fit of the turret showed that it sat too far back. Compare with the diagram behind. I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong. Apparently I forgot to subtract the cabin cover from the main top plate.
I turned the turret upside down an correctly positioned it by eye, then drilled a new hole. Most model companies use an aperture that is more to scale, fortunately Airfix don't, so it was an easy fix. A quick measure of the distance between the holes seems to confirm that I forgot to subtract the cabin cover plate.
The turret in it's correct position. The stowage bin is from the spares box, panzer 3, probably.
The rear grill was fashioned from a grill at the rear of the Airfix Tiger. It was cut out, trimmed and filed to a much closer thickness.
The grill in place.
That's it so far.
Comments and criticism welcome.
