I carefully cleaned up each rim before mounting them to the wheel disks. The bad news is that the inside of every rim has a nasty mold line that needs to be cleaned as it will be visible after assembly. The good news is that allowed Panda to provide sharper bolt detail on the wheels than Academy did with their wheels. The outer rims of the wheels themselves are molded separately (with the tires) from the wheel disks. The road wheels are next in Step 2, but I initially thought the rubber tires had been molded separately. I simply applied liquid cement on the bumps and aligned them manually. The mechanical join of these two parts make no sense, but you don't want to file off the bumps on the insides of the shields as they provide needed stand-off distance from the sprocket to clear the edges of the track. The distinctive shield ring that mounts to the outside of the sprocket has thick bumps that mount to recessed bumps on the sprocket. ![]() In Step 1, I assembled the two drive sprockets. ![]() For a look at this kit straight out of the box, look here.Īs with any armor build, construction of this kit starts with the underside of the hull.
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