French R35 Light Infantry Tank
Hobby Boss 1:35th Scale Kit No. 83806
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Inner top hull details added.
Hull sides and rear hull panel added to the floor showing the fairly busy interior, unfortunately very little of this can be seen after assembly..
The inner detail locating holes filled in the hull sides.
Note the drive sprockets and the teeth brackets that need to be fitted at the same for easier assembly.
Bogie parts for one of the two wheel bogie units.
Assembly of the bogie, firstly the inner parts were firmly glued together to give a solid footing for making the brackets from thin card
to replace the troublesome etched brackets supplied in the kit.
The etched brackets, very difficult indeed to get these all bent the same shape and widths.
The replacement plastic card brackets cut to shape.
The plastic card brackets added to the inner bogie halves.
Assembled bogies with the replacement brackets,
Also the idlers with the separate outer disc for nice lip definition, note the join around the outer edge that needs filling.
With the upper hull/glacis fitted there are gaps either side to be filled, this is easiest done with strips of thin plastic Card.
Also note the front hull join will need a little work to smooth out the join.
