Thanks Antonio and Brian. The workable tracks are OK. Better than the annoying "workable" tracks from Bronco, but still not easy. After I completed two sets (actually four, when you count the times I knocked the track apart by accident) I realized it would have been easier to paint the teeth and the track pads while on the sprues. I have enough links left to make another set, so I may do that.
I added more bits to the tank as well as the Archer rivets. I was being cheap and used an old set that had been recalled because the decal glue wasn't holding. Archer would have replaced it for free, but I was just being lazy.
I primed the lower body and fixed the issues I found. I didn't measure and cut the plastic as well as I should have (since I wasn't expecting the tank to look good in 1/35) so the body is therefore not quite square.
The black hatches are also from Archer and also from a run with bad glue. The front one moved as it dried. The PE hatch in front is from an M3/M5 Stuart set. The interior is from a Tristar Panzer 38(t) interior set. It's a crisp and finely detailed plastic kit. I modified the controls for the 38(t) and the Morris-Martel now has two levers for left and right travel, a crank for a break and another for speed adjustments. There's a small instrument cluster between the levers and a switch box to the right of the driver:
During construction, I've managed to bang up the engine louvers. I added the engine crank hole and two hooks from the Semovente:
I then sprayed everything with Tamiya Surfacer again. The rear wheel is from a WWII trailer of some sort. I think they look closer to the original. They're just pressed on and still need work. The tracks are the original Tamiya, not the AFV tracks:
The muffler is from the Semovente. The exhaust pipe was formed into shape by bending it over a hot soldering iron. The Boys anti-tank rifle is from a Masterbox set. There is
room for the gunner to ride behind the gun, aim and fire it. I may add a Bren on a pintle as well:
The old, defective decals lifted slightly after I applied the primer. I pushed down the raised areas as I noticed them. I was tempted to strip the exterior and reapply the rivets (from a good sheet this time) but the primer pulled down most of the raised areas as it dried, so it doesn't look as bad as it used to. There's one spot on the left side of the fighting compartment that looks like it has a million rivets. I'm hoping that the primer will continue to push them down as it cures:
The gun mount is a leftover bit from a TK-3 tankette kit: