![]() ![]() I was completely baffled by the placement of part 10A in step 14 but reference photos made clear that the instructions are wrong. In step 13, part 15D is misidentified as 15E. However the template makes no allowance for part 20A so you have to figure out how to get around that on your own. In step 11, Italeri provides a template for cutting the mesh netting for the bustle. In step 6, part 62B needs to be hollowed and part 64B needs to be filed on the upper end to resemble the real thing. Likewise for the access handles on both muffler enclosures. The hoisting triangles molded onto the aft of the upper hull were hopelessly inadequate so I filed them off and replaced them with wire. I found in step 10 that the lower hull was badly warped but I was able to straighten it with a blow dryer and clamps. I made two more links using part 6F, of which six are provided. For this reason, I ended up two links short as Italeri provides no spares. I used one more link getting around the return pulleys than the instructions call for. In other words, the detail description of the link assembly is the same for each side rather than a mirror image, and so is of limited use. Steps 5 and 6 decribe the assembly of the tracks and use the same callout box for the side view. The parts for the tracks all have ejection marks on the inside where I did not attempt to remove them. The tires are molded onto the wheels but are well delineated and easy to paint. Flash and ejection marks are everywhere so a lot of cleanup time is required. All parts also have molding seams that must be removed. ![]() The plastic is too soft and easily pits when the parts are removed. The kit has good decals for five variants. ![]() Also included is a length of twine for the tow cable and a patch of plastic net for the bustle grid. The model comes in a large box with four parts sprues, one of which is just for the link and length tracks, and one piece lower hull and one piece upper hull. I recently read a review in which Italeri kits were described as “a good place to start.†I wish I could credit the author of that statement because it is exactly true. This seems to be true of many of the company’s kits. Italeri’s M60A3 is nicely detailed in many ways but deficient in others. ![]()
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