The track parts come on four parts trees and I used covered containers to collect the small parts - links in one, guide teeth in another, and connectors in a third. The track links are four pieces: the link, the guide tooth, and the two link connectors. Track assembly takes a bit longer than cleaning out the mold lines on the inside of 32 wheel rims. Step 5 is a bit misleading - it shows the assembly of the tracks in a smaller diagram as a subset of mounting the upper hull. As you can see in the images, I primed and painted the lower hull, wheels and drive sprockets NATO Green and applied Black Rubber to the tires. Steps 3-4 cover the installation of the suspension arms, return rollers, and side skirt stand-off brackets.
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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