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I finished the front hull hatches this weekend. I did the build with all the details except for the top wire cage — as far as I can make out, GPM omitted them on the examples in the photos, and I just really don’t feel like making them. My left hatch opens, but something went Horribly Wrong on the right hatch, so it’s permanently stuck in the slightly ajar position. I would not recommend to any other modeler that they ever build the hatches to open.
Figuring out the instructions was awful. I’m not sure even now that I got everything right, but it’s the best I could do. I’m not sure whether the periscope should have sat atop the pad (Kevin’s model shows the pad without the periscope raised). I omitted the pad. There are a lot of details on these hatches, including periscopes, wire handholds, hooks, and tabs. Neither hatch sits perfectly when closed, but they’re close-ish. All in all, I’m glad to be moving on to other parts.
I’m a little worried about the next few steps. The next instruction simply says “We glue parts 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 to part 4.” I can’t find part 65 anywhere — not on the sheets of parts, the diagrams, or in markings on the model. Parts 69 and 70 are long, slender rectangles, with no indication of where they should go. And the instructions already told me to glue on part 66, the long U-shaped turret bullet shield, several steps ago. Should be an adventure.
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