Not a whif but looks very cool none-the-less.
As my D.E.W.E. model
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=11516.0 is going to be a few months waiting for 3D printed parts and other projects are almost finished, I’ve got onto actually assembling my first 3D project.
Step one was gluing three of the basic 3D parts together then checking for square-ness & initial fit. Something wasn’t right so I broke them apart. I then cut the Italeri M-60 upper-hull up to suit & had another go at gluing – this time on a flat surface – not much better. Seems the original files had some issues & I suspect some were from the printing too. After snapping bits off with my bull-nose pliers I got things to fit (cutting with dremel or razor-saw made almost no impression on this hard, brittle, fibrous resin).
Next was more tentative test-fitting to see how the rear armour block fits – I risked gluing it on permanently as it did seem “sort of” OK. A little more hacking of the upper-hull was done but the resin part still needs excess carving away underneath due to a problem with the 3D printing. My guy ran out of black resin & used clear which bubbled & expanded, something that clear 3D resin seems prone to (
be warned).
Still another three major parts to check before the new upper superstructure is complete.
