I still bear the emotional scars of the experience. The figures come with separate arms that should in theory connect shoulders to handlebars but in fact are almost impossible for anyone with fewer than three hands to attach securely. In the end, pressed for time to get forces ready for the event, I gave them up as a bad job and returned them to their box.
However, I'm damned if I'll let them beat me again. With a little more time to go at them surely they can't be that bad? Can they?
More reports to come but, please, stay away if easily offended; I suspect bad language may ensue....
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Good luck, they are horrible I struggled with the HaT WW2 set.
I experienced the same feelings last night trying to assemble the Zvezda Bofors AA gun. Best of luck with your retry.
Cheers, Andy
Best of luck.
Posts like this remind me of the hassle I had building several Airfix Churchill VII tanks. Each one had 22 springs and 44 little wheels to glue on the springs, before gluing the springs to the body. Many years later, someone pointed out that if you left them on the sprues, they all lined up and it was quick and easy.
...and now I remember why I put these guys back in the box. Just spent half an hour getting one arm lined up. I had to cut off the locating lug on the rider's shoulder and shorten the arm by over a millimetre.
I've decided to try superglue for the job and I plan to paint over the joint with undiluted PVA. However, I'm leaving it overnight to see if it's set hard in the morning. If it doesn't look to have worked I may try welding the joint with a heated pin!
OK, got them all glued together. Horrible job. Several of the ams don't reach and in quite a few Cases I've cut off the hands and resculpted them from green stuff. Pictures soon.
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