Firstly I will do a Melbourne show update but it may be a while.

I’m making progress on my three remaining KV2s but none are finished. AMS has set in on the 3 storey one so more details are being added slowly.

The Munitionschlepper is progressing slowly with most work being done on the diorama part. The mud has dried well with the little twigs in it but I had to work out a rough position for yhe model. Some mud has been added to the tank but more weathering will be done once it is all together.

Next up is the Stug. The body is sprayed in green but still needs the whitewash. The turret is unpainted as it is the test bed for adding the metal rungs. I now have a metal bending template and this produces accurate rungs. Incidentally bending in the 5mm place produces a 5.5mm gap between the ends. This is because of the rounded corners produced. The rungs produced are reasonably consistent in size at least.

The templates have seperate strips that can be broken off to use for marking out the holes to be drilled. The Milliput is for an earlier attempt at 5.00 mm wide not the required 5.50 mm

Next up is the 3 storey one. The photos show the holes to drill for pistol ports being 3 per side. Also seen here is the open front viewing port. The door plate and opening hinges are also done and awaiting fixing at the end.

The thinned empty light fitting has also been done but not added.

I need to added the pistol port plugs, inset steps and rungs.

Lastly is a shot of the workbench which is a bit crowded with kits, old DVD’S and other junk from a recent cleanup upstairs.

And a few other bits