The Little World

There is something about a Tamiya kit that reassures us as soon as we open the box. The parts may be manifold, but we know they are going to fit like the instructions say.

Such was the case with the R-35. Dry fit first day, everything went where it was intended. Cemented, I had a hull and a turret by the end of the first club day. it pays to take care, however, as Tamiya have a precise sequence in which parts are added so as to make a foundation for further bits. In particular, when they provide soft plastic lines for track wheels, you have to get them in straight well before the tracks – and push them home – otherwise the line of the track wavers.

The hull got a week to set – no rush.