Sgt’s Mess Beaverette Mk III

Ugh.  My first foray into ‘kits’ primarily intended for tabletop wargaming did not yield a very attractive model.

Here are the parts (no instructions or decals or detail bits):

Sgts Mess parts

Look at the oversize fittings on the turret or the hatches!  The metal was not smooth at all and in some cases, not even cast in a plane. A good example was the rear panel which I attempted to even up with putty. You can also see the oversize detail on the rear hatch.

Sgts mess - oversize details

There was so much wrong with this kit (it was considerably bigger than its sister Beaverette kits) and it would take endless hours to smooth out the surfaces and reduce the fittings – but it would still be oversize.  So, I opted to build it out-of-the-box (or out of the plastic bubble wrap) per se.

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