The tracks and body were reassembled after having been taken apart and some issues corrected. I again used WeldOn4 and some gentle pressure in a vice to close gaps and ensure everything was straight.
Some of the panels were damaged when various accessories were removed - I skinned them in thin plasticard. A raid of the bitz box turned up the power plant from the Throne of Judgement and after using some scraps of plasticard to block out the back . . .
. . . it attached just lovely to the rear.
The turret assembly was an old metal conversion I had lying about. A circle of MDF left over from a Miniature Scenery kit was (conveniently) exactly the right size to fit the turret ring of the Russ.
While working on the turret, the guns broke off and I decided to change their orientation when I reattached them. I used various spare bits to build some walls for the turret and add a searchlight and missile launcher.
Some decorative pieces from the bits box (some taken from the original tank) added a shrine to the rear of the turret, icons and so forth to the hull, some snazzy lights, and various accessories.
And here is the tank with a coat of black spray on it. This was, genuinely, a $10 tank - of course, I used pieces from the bitz box and plasticard and so forth, but I already had those and, frankly, it is good to use them up rather than have them just sit there and gather dust.
Hopefully, you have found this enjoyable and perhaps learned something by what I did!
=][= Danforth Laertes
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