I finally had a chance to look at my new kits, and the first thing that popped out at me was the explosion on the T-34 and SU-85 kits. Did anyone else notice that the explosion in the background are exactly the same, but only reversed? It just stood out for me even though it has nothing to do with the kit itself.
Anyway, about the kits. I like the gray plastic they are now using. Still of great quality, but now its just gray. Because I did not know this fact before I ordered the kits, I was pleasantly surprised by the "Free Bonus" you get with the T-34/85 kit. I guess they had room on the sprue or something, but it could also be a marketing ploy?
I already knew this about the Pak 36 kit before getting it, but I'm still disappointed in the fact that the kit "Includes both standalone & vehicle-mounted PaK 36 AT Gun", but you can only build one standalone. Would have been much better had they given you the option to assembling two standalone AT-Guns instead of only just one. The other is used for vehicle-mount only and requires part E15, so why include parts E16 & E17, which are the same, for the "Field Deploy"? You only need one of them.
After looking at the Pak 36 sprue, some re-arrangement and possible removal of some non-critical parts would be needed to get the needed space for the eight needed parts (E20,26,30,33,34,35,37,38) to fit for two standalone AT-Guns. Especially the wheels (E37 & E38), but I feel it could have been done more or less easily. Also, parts E14 and E15 are interestingly marked.
