Accurised Indiana Jones Tank

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I was delighted to find this tank available as an STL, but just felt it needed some adjustments... The hull was too narrow compared to the fight scene in the movie, it also needed to be deeper to line up with the top of the tracks, or else the turret can't turn. The turret was also too far forward, but, most of the work was in replacing the engine deck hatches with a grid. I print in 1:100 on FDM printers, so I made a representational grid, with holes way bigger than the original. The turret could now be made bigger, keeping it the same width as the now-widened hull, I also cut off the signal flag tube from the left side, and made the hatch a single piece affair. I made the gun barrel thicker to match those on the sponsons. I split it for easier printing, I do that with all the turrets I print. The tracks need less work, just removing the MG mount on the side access doors. I actually found they printed best standing upright with tree support. Note that it's still inaccurate in many ways, but it looks better to me... EDIT: After uploading I realised I needed to add a box to represent the periscope behind the turret. Yes, it gets in the way of the gun, so would the original. I also realised from photos that there was a circular panel on the hull side doors where the MGs were on the Liberty tank, so, having removed the MG ring too well, I had to add a circle back on. EDIT EDIT: Since I couldn't line up the tracks on my own print, I figured a guide block would help.