Over a thousand parts later (for this is the Trumpeter 1:16 model, with over 2,000 parts) and the hull is getting close to its finished state. Note my first attempts at spray-painting the camouflage scheme, before the (borrowed) airbrush packed up.

This is the front view, with a tiny glimpse of the interior ... I can't take the lid off at the moment to show you more as the skirt armour isn't fixed ... and there are still some parts to come, not least the hull machine gun. There's all the tools to fit as well.

The turret basket is nearly complete, with the massive KwK 40 L/48 gun and mantle dry-fitted to test the functioning parts.  It now needs to be mated with the turret.

And there's the final model - it's a cheat, because the turret is dry fitted and nothing is glued. It'll fall apart if you lift it. But it gives you the shape of things to come. There's still another 200 or so parts to fit, and then there is the camouflage scheme and weathering.  That should be fun - I'll post it if I'm not too ashamed of the results.