The most difficult addition to the model was smoke launcher installation. Additional detailing The detailing on the Tamiya kit was very sparse. I replaced all grips with pieced copper wire bent to shape. While being at it, all the hinges were replaced with stretched sprue. The two towing cables with attachment points were added to the rear deck.
Several toolboxes have reinforcement ribs.
These were added from strip plastic. The PRTL has several anti-slip walkways. I smiulated these by masking off the appropriate areas, spraying gloss paint to them and sprinkling fine sand onto the surface. Both periscopes and the ejection mechanism of the guns required some extra detailing. Plastic strip and stretched sprue were put to good use here.