Alright!
Lets finish this build so I can get to painting.
The first thing I wanted to deal with was the seams on all of the leg and arm parts. Normally one would fill and sand but I wanted to create some more detail and give the wash somewhere to settle in so I decided to make some welds. There are certain parts that have hinge detail and what look like straps, so I
tried to avoid placing welds on those areas.
I started by stretching some sprue.
After it cooled, I cut it into lengths and applied it right over the seams with some more liquid glue.
With a knife that had a broken tip, I began to push the look of welds into the softened sprue.
I took a little 'artistic license' and deviated from the instructions by shaving some of the bolts off the sprue and adding them to the forearm shield. This will just give me a little bit more detail to address when it comes to the weathering stage.
I added the Achilles heel guards and the knee guards to finish off the leg assemblies.
The assembled legs and arms were now ready to be put aside so I could continue on with the torso details.
I assembled and installed the oval part for the chest, leaving the clear piece off until after paint. It will easily insert into the hole afterwards.
The back of the suit gets some parts attached after assembly. The large housing and it's attachments fell into place without issue and finished off the main torso.
Here we can see a close up of the antenna and the lifting ring. Both parts fit snugly and trouble free and required minimal clean up of some small seams.
The parts on the side that house the shoulders have a fairly sizable gap. I have seen these gaps left open like on the built up kit on the back of the instructions sheet and I have seen them filled and sanded smooth. I chose to make weld beads around them for another small area for the wash to settle into.
The protective bars that stand over the side windows were delicately cleaned up on their parting seams and installed trouble free.
All that was left was to dry fit the suit together for an idea of what it looked like built up. The arms and legs snap snugly into their sockets and fully articulate.
1/20 P.K.A. Ausf. K-4 KetzerThis kit went together extremely easily. I had no major fit issues, very minimal clean up of seams and only one very minor sink mark on the back of the large torso part. The kit did snap together and could be assembled in that manner if one wanted to with only minimal use of glue for some of the small fittings. None of the small liberties I took with the weld beads and added bolts are needed and are only done for my personal taste.
Lastly, here's a little idea of what may end up to be the pose of the finished product.
