See Jamie's post for the instructions.
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I built stage 2 a while back. One of the D1 parts was distorted, but otherwise it fits OK and the wheels can remain moveable if you don't glue them.
At least 10-12 years ago, I had originally hand painted some parts with thick acrylic sand paint.
I stripped the paint using Testor's Universal Acrylic Airbrush Cleaner, as this was recommended in a model magazine for stripping acrylic paint without damaging the plastic. Apparently it can be used on clear parts as well.
I have attached most of the parts to the main body panels.
The rain guards? above the vision slits are separate parts and need care when cleaning up. I used a flexi-file for these and it greatly helped the clean up.
The coupling hooks took quite a bit of cleaning up, as there is a mold seam on the inside of the hook.
There should be a row of bolt heads around the outside of the roof, but as I had damaged some of the bolt heads a long time ago I removed them.
Part F1 the main turret part has on its sides slightly raised lines in a square shape to help align the MG ports C7. However, these don't line up properly with the MG ports. I sanded the sides down so the lines are just visible. There are also gaps around parts F9.
That's all for now. Hopefully I may be able to glue the main body by the end of the week.
Tim
nice to see this one before I start mine should I ever be motivated to build again.