"Baikonur, we have a problem!..."
The plan was to make a JS-3 with a big turret and a derpy, short barreled 152mm.
However:
1.The JS-3 is 1/76 scale and the Chieftain is 1/72. So, the turret isn't just big, but mutant dome big! Our engineer responsible, has received a glorious promotion testing tropical gear at our Siberian facility.
2. I don't know how old these kits are but they're terrible. Has venerable Airfix been taken over by cost cutting capitalist Yankee dogs?
3. The tracks are too short. They threaten to rip off the sprockets and idlers under tension. I may attempt to stretch them a mm or two with a candle or just put them on and see what happens. Maybe they'll stretch on their own?
Anyways, here is what I have...