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I'd ordered this kit ages ago from Hong Kong intending to use it as part of a vignette. Because of the of the health crises it took two months to arrive, so it's only now that I can get on with things as planned.
Here are the sprues:
One unique one, and again, loads of generic sprues, with a lot of extra stuff that won't be used.
I've put it together:
My biggest bugbear with this kit is the join down the front of the parka where there should be no seam. I don't understand why Dragon did it that way when there are natural seams at the sides. To make things worse the fit was poor, so a lot of filling and sanding was required.to tray and get a smooth finish. If the line still shows, I'll just put in a seam anyway - perhaps the manufacturer ran out of large pieces of cloth and had to improvise.
Also, having been badly bitten by this kit before, I built the hands around the gun in order to ensure that it all fitted correctly. Most of the other equipment has been swapped for better Tamiya parts.
This is not a particularly great kit, so the idea always was to pair it with a couple of other so-so sculpts in order to give them all a lift. I came across an old base the other day, so I dug out the other two figures and mounted them, leaving a space for the third:
The base was made with Polyfilla and rubble from the garden. The planking is balsa, and the rusty metal is bits of old farm machinery I've picked up on my flint-hunting expeditions.
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