The 35th scale one has been around since the late 70s , I was still in high school when I built my 1st one . Its not a total scale down , as a lot of things that are separate pieces on the 35 kit are molded as one piece on the 56 kit , unlike the BA plastic Universal Carrier which looks to me like a straight upscale version of the PSC kit ( if only they did the other plastic versions
) I guess in the rush to get the kit out , they didn't think it through , if the hull roof was removable , all 4 versions of the 234 could have been kitted out on the one basic hull . They're loss , we can get Rubicon detail kits and add them to the Puma hull and make which ever version we want
. Oh , I guess we still have to buy the original kit though , so maybe they win ,
. Well what ever they did , they made some short cuts in the kit that most gamers will over look and most modellers will work at trying to fix . Half the fun of these 56 scale kits, for me , compared to the 35 scale kits I used to build , is getting to add extra detail and various bits from the parts box to really bring the kit to life . Not much left to add to most of the new 1000 piece plus 35th scale kits out now , start to feel like a kit assembler rather than a kit builder , if that makes any sence
