Day 4

It doesn't look like a lot, but this update is a few hours work. The top of the hull is now glued in place. Obviously needs detailing, but that will come later. I'm going to user a razorback top plate at the back, modified to hold a storm bolter pintle cupola jobbie.

The gun cradle part is what took most of the time, the three sides and bottom of that took ages. Especially when you consider there are the two angle plates in the corner and a lot of stuff behind the scenes holding it together. But it now takes a razorback turret which can rotate, so we're good.

The separate piece in the middle will be detailed to look like the top half of an egress ramp. The bottom part will be the same width, and almost vertical. I do have to interesting pieces to cut down each side, going around the detail of the wheel supports. Fun.

Good news is it's squared up a lot since I put on the top hull. That's the trouble with chopping things up like this, it's a sod to get them back together again. The track units are still a bit skew-whiff, but I think with the tracks on a lot of that will be hidden.

For a change I'm going to do this right, get it all built, detailed and painted before attaching the tracks. Should make the last part more exciting too, since I tend to get the model complete, then not be able to work up the energy to paint it. Determined to take this through to fruition, damnit!

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