WIP

The fighting compartment is amazingly detailed. You get all the control rods running alongside the engine and transmission compartments, plus the engine itself. It comes with the doors on both sides, but I left them off.  

 

 

The inside of each side is a bit poorer in detail. All you get are the final drives, without really a good way of showing them off. Unfortunately, this area is going to have to be covered up. 

Sponsons are on and the roof is done, time to close this up! 

Sponson guns.  

And the sponsons themselves. 

Guns installed in the sponsons. The tolerance is quite loose, so I had to glue them into place. They can elevate/depress just fine though. 

Sponsons on, just dry fitted for now. Unlike many other assemblies, they fit into the hull very snugly and well. 

Masked and primed. Lots of open hatches meant a very complicated masking job. 

Shading and highlights applied. I'm happy overall, but I will have to touch it up in some places where the masking was not precise. 

Added national markings and some chipping. 

Wash applied. It's really coming to life now. 

 

Aaaaand done.