This panel, between the treads shows more detail and is easy to see fron any angle.
I painted it flat black and then dry brushed the circuitry with silver and the wiring cables with copper.
There was lots of nice detail that was going to be covered by the front and back body plating. The instructions said to paint it all silver.
Looking at this great inner workings I thought, what a waste. So I desided that I would do something about it.
I couldn't do much about the front without ruining the over all look of the kit, besides the head and neck section had some detail of its own. But the Back... that was a different story.
There were two molded panels on either side of the back plate. I desided to cut these out and make them into viewing panels.
So I cut them out with my exacto knife and glued some clear styrene into them, exposing the inner detail.
I know the cuts don't look to smoothed out in these pics. I got in a hurry (Other kits were screaming for attension). But I plan on opening This kit back up, to add some wiring detail, in the future and I'll fix it then. I'll also be adding some wire to the panel between the treads, to the upright tread struts and the arm joints.
All in all this was a lot of fun to build and paint. I highly reccommend this kit. JUst remember there is a lot of parts that need to be painted before assembly.
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