Hi chaps
I have the above kit and would like to know if it needs anything doing to it to make it more accurate or is it ok as is.
Many thanks
Matt Edwards

Hey Matt,
Do you mean this one ??

http://www.modelsforsale.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=222001

If it's the old Imperial Series kit with the extra high bustle turret included, it's not bad but it's certainly not up to current standards.
I'm away from home and can't check my resources or the kit in my stash but I think the road wheels and suspension may need upgrading.
And, IIRC, the original kit's cast hull section looked like a teenager with a bad case of acne.
Overly rough and pockmarked, you'll need to use some Mister Surfacer to smooth out the cast section a bit.
I'll give you some more details when I get home later tonight.
Cheers

jjumbo

Matt, drop me a PM on this site. The old DML hybrid hull can certainly be made nice, but there is a lot to correct. I'll write you a serious dissertation on what needs to be fixed (I'm converting one into an Argentine Firefly Ic Repotenciado with minerollers). Most of the fixes are straightforward and not intrinically difficult, but there is a lot to do to bring it up to current standards. HTH,
Greg

Hi matt i have two of these and i have built one and i have to say its a fairly easy kit to put together but my advice is to change the wheels and the track as the wheels have no rear to them and the tracks are terrible, so many fiddly bits.
But apart from that it is a nice model.
Richard

Thanks very much guys.
All the best Matt E

Clean up the overly textured cast components with some Tamiya putty. Depending on when the kit was issued, it may have the late style suspension (copied from the Italeri kit), which was only seen on very late composite hulls. This is the boxing with two turrets in the box.
The recent reissue with one low bustle turret has the more common straight arm suspension and Dragon's improved Firefly turret, which corrects the position of the opening in the turret front as well as the problem with the turret shape beneath the bustle seen on earlier kits.

Thanks mate.
Matt E