Story, great points, some I'd considered and some, not so much.
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As I mentioned, I'm looking to refit the 103 with the M68 105mm, so the tanks will be down to 4 crew. I'm not looking to turn it into a diorama, so the revetment will be just enough to be a base for the model and not large enough to show an entire defensive position.
I might even add another turret escape hatch over the remaining loader on the left and fit an M60 and shield for close in defense. I'm also looking at replacing the cupola with that from the M60.
The position I'm putting it in is definitely a direct fire position watching over a junction/choke point/bridge so I don't think I'm going with one of the high angle artillery positions.
The point about time to recover the chain link is vary valid given that the period is nominally on the retreat from the border, and as I don't seem to have a reasonable facsimile of chain link in the spares boxes, I am, indeed, going to make something along the lines of corrugated tin stand off armour for the sides of the turret and maybe the sides of the hull. Maybe. The Korean roads were narrow, especially in the countryside, though better in the late 60s than in the early 50s, so hull side screens would probably just be swept away each time the tank brushed up against something on the roads. But the turret screens, using angle iron and corrugated roofing tin, are going to be a thing. Stuffed with stowage emblematic of a bug-out scenario. Going to see if I can get all or most of an M60 turret stowage basket to fit, as well, to provide more space for the inevitable "stuff".
I've figured out how to make the add-on monolithic, cast, KE armour look the way I want as well, so that's going to be a thing.
In the middle of cleaning up the basic kit build. Which is a pain because, while the fit isn't too bad, the lack of consistency is a pain. The lower hull pan has nice texture all over, but the upper hull only has texture in a few places and not at all along the sides of the hull. The turret has texture except on the protruding sections for the antenna bases and ventilator fan. The suspension mount points for the foremost shock absorbers, which are double units, are set up for single units, so only half as large a need be. Gonna be filing that in with epoxy putty, but a PITA and a brutal oversight by the kit design team.
So far the build is going OK as long as I remember to ignore the blatant inaccuracies of the kit and focus on the much less significant build issues.
Onward! The North Korean hordes approach!
Paul