February 06 2010 | Trimming the plaster

That all very well this plaster thing, but thereal job was to TRIM it!

February 06 2010 | With the dremel...

I have been using my Dremel to do this in places...

February 06 2010 | A plasticine form

and some latex poured around the greased plaster part

February 06 2010 | Resin

When the silicon went all dry (more than 1 day because of the cold), I poured in some grey tinted epoxy resin

February 06 2010 | The colour scheme as applied with an airbriush

I managed to break the nozzle of my Premi-Air airbrush (I thought it was *really* fragile, *TOO* fragile exactly. Ordering a new one would have taken some further time so i decided to stick with my painfully bad Aztec, oh well still it went okay!
notice the clearer tints amidships

February 06 2010 | Wet on wet weathering

My usual wet on wet technique with some white ink, grey and black acrylics

February 06 2010 | Rust and run offs

the rusty/dirt run offs are done with pigments and blended with the grey mix
Of course everything is painted according to some direction of the light (the sort of sunbeam you can see amidships) that means for instance that the backside of the airintakes are painted in a more darker shade

February 07 2010 | Back with the turret

Back to the turret!I found the way..
well not I but some guy who scratchbuilt the same thing on a British forum..
HE PRESSED THE SHAPE THROUGH A HOLE.

So i did the hole, I sanded it carefully so that the borders would not damage the transparent plastic. In fact  the transparent plastic sheet is taken in sandwich between 2 small sheet of wood, one of which is pierced at the right size
-I heat the plastic with my heat gun
-i pressed the whole against the form