Hidden surprise

A few things to update this with.

First and foremost, if you guys haven't already seen, casts of the heavy automatic cannon I made for this model have been picked up and are being manufactured and sold by D6 Hobbies. Those of you with an interest in building your own Hydras may be interested, as it looks like the quad-autocannon-setup from the Planetstrike bastion might be a bit too small a substitute.

Second, I've resumed work on the model some. I attached the guns to the turret itself, and closed off the back of the turret with some handy angled pieces. Detailing of that area comes next, and I need to cast myself a couple extra ammo feed bits to sit on the outside areas of the guns. I added some rivets and minor detail around the base of the turret as well, and finished the tracks off with the addition of some handy track guards to cover the terrible Chimera treads.

 

The turret still rotates freely, and will continue to do so. I've no intention of gluing it in a fixed position.

Now, here's where I couldn't help myself.

Since I'm making this as a gift to a buddy I owe a favor to, I figure I can't just repay him the favor. That'd be too easy.

So I start thinking to myself, what could I do to spite him for making me build a hydra?

I believe I have come up with an ideal solution.

Watch carefully. Nothing up my sleeve, and...

What's that? Notice anything out of the ordinary?

Hmmm.

Look closer, and...