....so on with some more fabrication. As you can see I have added the beading strip that goes round the perimeter of the cab opening. It's on the etchings hidden down one side. The rivet strip round the beading is from an etch produced by Scale Link (sheet SLF016.) The cab doors have to be scratchbuilt. I took the tortuous route of making working hinges, they're also made by cutting short lengths of the above rivet strips and bending round a 0.6 mm drill shank. The latch also works!
The cab/tank/bunker sides were then added. All the parts are a very good fit so care must be taken to ensure the tabs fit fully in the slots. As I said earlier I had to shave 0.3 mm off the top (side) of the tank inner etch so that it locates in the half etched slot in the cab/tank/bunker side AND meets the cab front. One of my models needed a fraction shaving off the sides of the cab front, rear and bunker rear to get a perfect fit, the other did not. Obviously variations in the etching time....
Detailing the cab sides a bit then adding the cab rear next.....