Wow! Kind of alarming to see such huge gaps! These Gen2 figs are supposed to be "superior"??!!?

But then again, a company that produces figs with heads split vertically.....!!

You won't give up, not you!!

Good luck

Cheers

Romain

Hey Garry, with Dragon it's hit or miss. I have a large stock of thier figures from the first to some recient kits. Some are a pleasure to build, others, well lets say you can insert some of your favorite words here. I don't remember having gaps like you have here but it could have been released from the mold too soon causing the gaps to shrink. I don't have this set so I can't compare the two. I wish Dragons Q.C. was a bit better. I am still waiting for the company to send 2 sets of ammo pouch's to correct the last U.S.M.C. set they released, about a year ago now. Anyway, some putty diluted with liquid glue will help fill the problem gaps. I have a bottle of it just for these types of problems. I use an old testors glue bottle and squirt in some putty and add the glue, mix well till I get a watered down putty that I can brush into the gaps. Works very well for the usual gaps at the waist line and smaller ones around the arms. Makes it easy to keep the details around the belts and wont hide the pleats in winter uniforms. If your mix is a bit thick, just smooth it over with the brush with a bit of liquid glue on it. Hope this helps the gap horrors youv'e got. Got mixed feelings about the split heads though, seems a bit over enginered to me. But the weapons in the Gen 2 are real nice. bob d.

I fully agree about hit & miss with Dragon.
The 2-piece heads are a real nuisance and hard to understand! Why do it???? Not even a tiny advantage as far as I can see (on the contrary!), ..so why??
And they pretend the figs to be something special!! Strange policy indeed!

Cheers

Romain

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It seems that you glued the legs of the standing figure with the front part backwards. The reiforcements at the knees are facing backwards...

Don't be hard on yourself, man!

Maybe you can solve it with carefull (and boring) X-acto trimming work, or by shaving off the pieces that composse the down part of the tielogreika coat and reproduce them with miliput (or any other modelling paste).

If not, you can still use the figures torso to produce a tank-man.

On what concerns anatomy and the interpretation of the Russian uniforms I really have a bias to Miniart.
The older dragon figures weren't bad either.
Tamyia ... well it is a question of taste, but I find their figures too simplified on anatomy and detail.

All the best and happy modelling!