I am halfway through stage eight now, leaving off the wheels to allow seperate painting has also meant other parts nearby must also be left off. As I will be doing some weathering after assembly this should allow the feel of the model to be integrated at the end. Another build I have seen on a blog called Braillescale about 1/72 armour mostly advises suggested colours and leaving the parts seperate till the end. The only real criticism of this kit is the plethora of mould tabs that must be removed. As suggested on that blog I will be replacing the moulded solid lenses with clear ones from redroomodels.com. I have to work out the size but that wont be hard.

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