Well the building is done, bar a bit of fettling here and there.
A few words about this kit. Had I paid full price for it, I'd be very unhappy. There's no way this is worth £40-45.
For a newly tooled kit, it's really really poor. The detail is soft and the instructions are vague & hard to follow. The pictures are so poor that it's often hard to know if you've got the right part.
The fit is often terrible. An example is the rain guards on the turret for the co-axial MG & gunners viewfinder. Because the turret is curved, these parts should be curved also. But they're flat! I had to cement the top first, leave it to dry & then clamp & cement the lower half.
Problems like this abound on this kit, leaving the builder with very little satisfaction.
Also the moulds are slightly mis-aligned, leaving not only thick seam lines, but often tiny steps that are impossible to completely eradicate.
Takom should be up there with Meng & Dragon as leaders of the field. But on this evidence, they're bringing up the rear.
Next time, everyone's favourite... individual link tracks!