Jebus I seem to be waist deep in the KT building business with the numbers of them I do (I feel almost like Dean's Sherman Factory... Almost...)
Yes some of these images are a repost from the aluminum mounting plate thread...

A build for Hammertime999999999999999999 (or however many 9's it is. LOL).


The offensive PoS factory tray with warping already... Tank is pretty much brand new....



M3x12 standoffs already screwed in from the outer hull side. The same four corners as the old screws, plus a 5th one in the centre.



New aluminum plate roughed in place.



Screws are loose fit in place to do rough component arrangement.



Where things will roughly sit.



Layout completed. Speaker box created and installed with volume control. Front hull brace installed. TK-80 in elevated and spaced mounting tray.
Smoker located and velcro'd in place.



Power switch will be under the main deck hatch.



Lower hull completed. Switch installed, smoker installed and routed. Tracks re-installed. All lower hull testing is completed. I do like a tidy lower hull.



Removable magnetized IR emitter (connection is under the loader's hatch), and Tamiya Base installed under commander cupola cover.



The inside guts. Removed the old gun mount and installed the latest JCC recoil unit. High intensity cannon flash, and yes those are M2 bolts securing the Tamiya Battle Unit mount in place (in addition to adhesive...)



Barrel being installed (more adhesive! MORE!)

Awesome job!

Almost completed!


Since this KT has a metal turret, an additional uppe rhull brace was added to the front to prevent "spreading" of the upper hull sides . Also the reason the posts were left on the upper hull as they side on the side sponsons of the lower hull. Expoxied that and the existing mid-hull stiffening bracket into place. Competed turret mounted as well.


I've never liked the flimsy post mounting for the Taigen blade locking tabs. So some aluminum tube around the screw portion and some additional bracketing added to ensure a long life for the posts as well.

Wait for curing, assemble the tabs back into place, and function test to do!