I have started assembly on my Maschinen Kreiger Kuster. Since it's a lot like building armor [it actual is armor] a large percentage of the kit is assembled before painting begins. For a automotive modeler it seems counter intuitive. We auto modelers tend to only paint small subassemblies and end up assembling painted sections causing no end of problems for us. It actually makes us sharper since we have to handle carefully painted items as well as sanding joining edges for gluing. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Here we see the engine and transmission section newly washed and sanded.
Here is the rear of the gun turret with some sanding done. A bit more and some primer to check for flaws.
Here is one leg section under the clamps. This section has about 15 parts and it's far from finished.
Here are some accessories like the walking stabilizers, infa red pod and computer unit.
Cannot wait to get the assembly done and get some serious primer flowing. i'll be using hair spray chipping and a multi color camo. I will also incorporate light rusting and battle damage here and there. As you can clearly see there are a great many nooks and crannies for wear and chipping as well as grease and oil streaks
FUN, FUN, FUN..............
Bob