Anyways, here's the Meng whippet built during the last few days. It's OOTB except for the asbestos wrapping around the exhausts, which was made with fine yarn soaked in superglue to keep it in place.
Overall fit was satisfying if not perfect and there are a lot of small gaps to tend to between the armour plates. Of course the original wasn't quite as polished as later tanks either. Fitting the cab onto the hull was somewhat of a challenge too, but I was able to press it into shape since the joints on the cab weren't fully hardened at that point yet.
Most likely I'll be doing a tank from the Russian Civil War since markings for a White vehicle are thankfully included on the decal sheet. Quite interestingly there are only two British tanks mentioned in the instructions, with the rest left for the modeller to figure out. I would have preferred a German Beute-Tank, but regrettably the German crosses on the sheet are slightly too small. Oh well, there's still the Takom kit....
Philipp
