Lee - yes, rather disappointing. Also got two T34/85's and they have been simplified as well but still have separate DS tracks
Bob - with all the builds going on it will be a miracle if I get anywhere
Christian - they do appear to have some sag built in but may change once stretched over the sprockets and hull mounting points
Made a start on it - the tracks/wheels are actually quite a clever bit of moulding but detail does suffer as a result
They seem to be made from their DS type bendy vinyl which makes it tricky to get rid of the flash from the track edges without making them furry
The gap between front and rear wheel halves is rather shallow so will need some heavy shadow at paint stage to make it look deeper and the outer wheels only have shallow detail for the lightening holes
so I drilled out the holes
drilled out the exhaust pipe ends on the one piece rear plate - detail all looks a bit blobby
made a start on opening out the air intakes so that I can fit a bit of etch mesh
as you can see, the knife slipped and broke the inner edge so will need to fix that
note all hatches moulded shut and tools moulded on
opened out the light holes in the rear track guards
I will clean up and do initial mods, such as opening these holes, on all the parts where necessary then assess the details against the references and decide what other details to add
a few other bits cleaned up
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