Did some more on this over the last couple of days. It is taking shape nicely I think.

Why do kit manufacturers do this?????

If it was half etched all the way where the bend is it would be fine, as long as it is in the right place and big enough. But no they do bit of it so it will not curve properly. This does not help the modeller at all. Full thickness material is easy enough to bend.

Look at the tank the top two half etched abortions where almost in the right place. but you can see it still needs filling which is not easy because of the rivet detail. Then look at the bottom the half etches are nearly out of the way completely. But look how the material has rippled. I got very close to putting it between the ground and the Monday hammer, then scratch building a new one.

Please please do not put half etches where bends are it is more trouble than it is worth.

So having got my rant over, you can see it was not poor folding on my part as it fits quite nicely on the footplate. I will be making this part detachable, if it all works out well. I will be folding the bunker etch on Monday put if it comes out like the panniers it will be re-made. All in all I am pleased with the way it is coming along.

I hope to get some black paint next week, I have found a supplier of cellulose, so I will get some primmer and black for the chassis of this and the 0395.