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I am continuing the build of Zvezda’s 203 mm B-4 (M1931) howitzer.

From this point onward, unless stated otherwise or obvious from the context, all abbreviations use the Latin alphabet.

The end is in sight!

Today Nadya and Elena went out for a walk so I could have some time for the model.

I continued as planned with the remaining steps on this page:

The work was much the same as yesterday—no problems, and all the parts fit together almost perfectly. Just be careful how you orient the assemblies 9a, because their component parts C30 turned out not to be symmetrical. My advice is to position them without gluing them, cut part C27 off the sprue, and try fitting it over them. If something does not look right, turn one or both around and try again until you find the correct orientation.

All I have left is to “assemble” the tracks… That worries me a little, because I want to glue almost all of them together while still being able to remove them from the running gear for painting. Well—we shall see how I get on.

So, after 45 minutes of work, this is where I got to: