Darren Baker takes a look over AFV Club''s AEC Matador Gun Tractor mid Version in 1/35th scale.

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Excellent, detailed review, Squire. I found their other Matador kit a pleasurable challenge to build for the reasons you identified (brittle plastic fiddly bits that break or need great TLC). I would recommend some resin AM wheels if you can find any (a mate here on the forums provided me with a test batch from a private maker and they worked well).

I would also recommend the new Voyager set PE35735 for the canvas "window covers" on the top.

0A very fiddly kit, sprues with the same identification Letters, Parts that break whilst separating from the sprue, poor instructions, too crammed, should have been spread out more and been broken down into sub sections.

It will be a very long time till I part with my £ for an AFV kit on the strength of this kit, very shocked at the poor standard and fit of this kit

Keith I lot of what you have said here has been stated in the review, but you say it has poor part fitment and that is something I have not heard said before. Can you clarify which areas of the model caused you issues?

0Yes Darren, ie cushion for driver and passenger in the cab, either the holes are to high up for the cushion or the cushions locating pins are incorrectly located, the pins will not line up with the locator holes, and the passenger cushion will not fit as it hits a raised bracket ? Also the drivers seat mounting will not locate into the holes on the rear of the cab or the floor unless you enlarge them considerable. Whilst I waited for this kit to come out to make several RAF versions, I will scrap that idea and move on, the above are a few of the problems I have come across in the build and I am discouraged from venturing further with this kit, ah well back to accurate armour for a good fitting kit