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Hey anons, just discovered you this. I normally just stick to /tg/ these days.
Anyway, I'm working on a Pz II F conversion using the older 1/35 Tamiya Pz II F/G tooling and working towards getting it to match up with the Girls und Panzer: Der Film's Nishizumi family Pz II F.
It started off with one of the guys down at one of the local hobby shops insisting it was a straightforward build. Once I started looking over the few screen caps I took of the movie version, I realized I needed to do a lot of crap to it to make it look right. FML, it started to bloat like the F-35 project.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has advice on soldering photo etched parts, particularly around bends so that the edges are flush?
Also, I hear that there's a GuP movie book with some detailed 3D production art of the tank in question and am wondering if anyone can post pictures of it? I googled my ass off but it's either unavailable or my google fu is too weak for the task.
Notes on construction so far if anyone's curious:
Cut out and drilled driver's port area
Removed posts and inserted lazy mode periscopes and ribs to cupola
Cut off fenders and insert a resized photo etched fender intended for a different Pz II kit (Dragon?)
Filled in hole on engine deck hatch and placed in copper wire handles
Added some weld marks with thinned out Squadron putty
Filled in front spare wheel/cable mount
Drilled out peep hole in mantlet and added a slat above it
Added a magnet into the turret roof so the Miho resin figure is detachable
