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Maintenance hatches covers and one for radiator fan. Also couple of reinforcement hollow bars to strengthen hull floor Here you can see my method to work with thin frame or ring. First i cut only inner perimeter and then glued the cover on it. It gives easy holding and adjustments. And then...

Thanks Rhaven Some last bits of internal compartment: 2 air vents, nothing special 2 direct vision slots for driver and co-driver. Those could be popped up from openings outside Big shelf for storing protective driver's hood. This could be attached to the hatch above driver and was made from...

A little progress Did the bow machine gun hole that is sealed. The reason is - on Firefly there was room shortage for all the rounds for bigger gun, so the decided to cancel co-driver's place and put more rounds racks there and of course removed machine gun and sealed the hole. Also auxiliary...

Thanks Boris! Front hatch towers assemble. Another thing that i met for first time - fragmented power frame. :rolleyes: I glued it first to inner skin, then skin to top and then outer skin. Also there is another cushion inside + locking mechanism. Couple of strips frame edges of...

Thanks mijob, Rhaven and Micha. Well, what is for sure it will probably take a decade to finish this model :biggrin: I continue with turret skirt. Nothing special, but you need to be very accurate to put it in place. First i glued iner part and then i glued angled outer parts. Here's a...

Haha, thanks Zathros :) Now it's time to add details to upper armor. First is the frame to support closed engine bay door Second is radiator air flow mesh. This was maid from separate rods 0.6 mm, that glued one by one into the frame. A little tip: if you want to straighten some rod...

Boris, we will wait. Hope nothing serious and you sort it out soon.

Thanks Boris. Frankly said, i was very worried about this angle cuts, but if you find a method, it's just a matter of experience. I'm slowly learning to cut it right and the finish will be when i start assembly of a turret. There is a lot of curved angle cutting frames :eek:

Thanks Boris! An important stage in the assembly is the upper part. Development, as always, is excellent and thoughtful - it is assembled in parts. Developer even went further and simulated real armor thickness in 1:25. Top is the most thinn, side thicker and front is the thickest, almost 2...

Thank you Micah! I saw somewhere this picture, but didn't connect to the name.

I forgot to mention, that i decided not to glue mesh screen (part 201) that suppose to cover exhaust endings. I will try to insert it inside the upper hull part in later stage. That way will give maximum view of the rear and engine compartment, when upper hull will be removed

I finished rear part of the hall with exhaust mesh, exhaust pipes endings and extension pipe to crankcase dry breather And everything installed in place

Oh boy! What a model! Did you completed FAMO 9 already? I hope you are aware of the complexity and many errors of this model? Just want to prepare you Anyway good luck! This can came out a very impressive monster :)

Great job connecting those 3d shapes leafs! Looking very good! By the way, ZIL are first letters of Zavod Imeni Lichacheva. In translation to english it will be Lichachov Named Factory or Lichachov Plant

Lately my build speed slowed down, but there are results :) Assembled mounting brackets for the leaf spring towing hook and flanges for mounting deep wading equipment (please someone tell me what it is? :rolleyes:) Also assembled tracks tension mechanisms. As usual, the design of parts...

After completing big stage , I let myself to take a little brake. Morevore it appears to be that i completed one year of building (not including tracks, which time i still will keep in secret ;)). I suppose I completed third of a model by now. Shell we continue? Engine bay rear doors. Simple...

Very nice model! I like all this little details that add a lot. The video was a fun! Probably it's twice hard to build and picture stop motion on the way. You are doing very well for a beginner ;)

I usually don't stop by this category, but somehow ended up here with your build thread. :) That is clean and nice build, Boris! By the looks of exterior color - gonna be very effective looking AC-30! Will follow with interest. Good luck, friend!

Thanks Rhaven Well, continued with another big storage box for spare parts and rack for remaining MG rounds. Also there are 2 oil cans and one spares and tools pauch + one periscope spare heads box. In addition i assembled instruments panel. Added transparent film between layers, to imitate...

After criticism and advices on other forum, I changed material of blankets. Now it is from kitchen cloth, that in my opinion looks like wool. I'm more than satisfied with the result. And back to left side - auxiliary generator unit. Here i met another interesting solution to make...