Thanks for the replies. The biggest problem I had with the kit was some ejector pin marks in some extremely hard to reach places, and a few areas I thought were uneccesarily complicated. . .not to mention all the time I spent crawling around on the carpet looking for lost pieces :-). I've also built DML's Flak 36, and after building both I'd say theres no reason not to get both kits. Theres actually a lot of noticeable differences between the flak 18 and 36, especially in the trailers. Both really do build up into spectacular kits though.

Hopefully I can have some new pics up in the next few days of my progress.

. .not to mention all the time I spent crawling around on the carpet looking for lost pieces :-). progress.

The weathering will be kept to a minimum on this kit as its going to represent an 88 used in the french campaign early in the war.

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The weathering will be kept to a minimum on this kit as its going to represent an 88 used in the french campaign early in the war.

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You know, you can see guns and other artillery pieces weathered the same way as tanks and other AFV, because many people forget (even the "masters of modellbuilding") that an 88 will not crash trhough buildings, will not get muddy, and generally, it will not be subject as much abuse as their "mobile friends". Even the dust picked up during transit was cleaned off once the gun was deployed. Not to mention that the crew had better chance to maintain their equipment. (Although tanks were repainted, repaired regularly, too, so there was not really much mud, rust, oil and soot accumulating...) So I guess the cleaner the better I'm looking forward to see more photos.

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Even the dust picked up during transit was cleaned off once the gun was deployed. Not to mention that the crew had better chance to maintain their equipment.

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Towed guns would get a dirty as their prime mover. it may not crash through buildigs but would get muddy and dusty