Stephen Lesley The issues I found were with the lower hull and the rear panel. These have to be carefully lined up or it can affect the fit with the upper hull. The turret was slightly warped which affected the fit with the turret ring and how it sits on top of the hull. The most annoying issue so far is the fitting of the side skirt brackets to the frame and the frame to the hull. The sprue gates for the brackets are on the mating surface so if you don't file them perfectly flat, they are out of line. And in a complete brain fart on behalf of Tamiya they designed the kit in such a way that if you attach all the tool racks etc on the the right hand side of the hull using the mounting holes, it prevents you attaching the side skirt frame properly, because the tools end up too low on the hull side. In the end I had to break off the jack block and some of the tool clamps to make the frame fit on the side. Not happy!
Tini Hendriks Well, gratulations, you succeeded 😀. And like the former speaker, a very nice figure.
3 May 2023, 23:02
Stephen Lesley Thank you guys. Much appreciated. I find Ultracast do some beautiful scuplting. Likewise, I have a few of their seats and exhausts for aircraft, and the detail is excellent.
Stephen Lesley
6+
Melbourne
Tini Hendriks