Got this fella put together tonight and, I gotta say, I see where people are complaining. There's a lot of fiddly bits on this model, and they are really, really tiny.
First up, the prep shot. You can see the really egregious items to the right between the back plate and the right leg. If you look closely, you'll see a tiny speck at the top of that mass of tiny specks - that's an antenna that goes on the face. It snapped clean with only minor pressure to the surrounding sprue - I hadn't even attempted to cut that piece out yet! A little glue and a magnifying glass went a long way to correcting the issue, but it's ridiculous that it's necessary. Apparently it's a common issue. Recon Pod is now my 2nd most hated model, trailing close behind the Veritech battloid.
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| Prep shot |
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| Some sub-assembly done. |
To make matters worse, the antenna assembly on the upper right of the model's face (upper left in the photo) has to be manually trimmed in order to fit properly in its slot. Sorry, "trim" might as well be a euphemism - I hacked that SOB down to about half its original size.
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| The painful assemblies done. |
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| Ta-da! |
After this guy I started assembly-lining six more pods, but ran out of time as classes start in the morning. My goal is to get all nine remaining pods finished by Friday so I can spend the weekend painting.
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