I actually finished this about a week ago. Thisis my first kit finished in over eighteen months. No major dramas that were not of my own making. Leaving the fiddly bits off till later is a lesson that i failed to remember is applicable even for armour. Mind you the last kit I finished back in Jan 2011 was a little Da Vinci tank from Retrokit. For a Luft46 modeller its a bit sad my last two finished kits are armour admittedly both are a little unusual.
The otyer thing that was needed to finish the Minenraumer was taking a Dremel to the bottom of each wheel to ensure three pads hit the ground unlike most built up kits I have seen. The sign is just gloss white plastic from the spares bin with some cyrillic warning notices from the Academy IL2 and a few other bits from another kit. The authentic bird poo is a mixture of some toothpaste spots and also some paint spots. My reference shows these and lots of dust as being corect for this example at the Kubinka museum. The reference was from Hylands Bookshop in Melbourne and was originally intended for a 1/72 resin kit I had which has since been ebayed.
Overall I’m happy with the reult and now need to raid the Cupboard of Doom for my next project.

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