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I will not be continuing the build of Cruella today, but I will give you a little explanation!

From this point onward, unless stated otherwise or obvious from the context, all abbreviations use the Latin alphabet.

In brief—Katya, my youngest daughter, turned 11 today. I made burgers, did this and that, and had a few more beers than is sensible when building models, so there will be no progress.

But!

A little explanation nonetheless 😉

If you remember the build in step 8, you may have wondered why I did not glue on the tracks.

Well, I did not glue them on because they are vinyl. If you do not know what that means, they are tracks made of vinyl (something like rubber), which is almost the worst choice for these parts—they look quite unnatural and, well… just avoid them if you can!

For this model, I have decided to replace them with aftermarket metal tracks, specifically Friulmodel ATL-01 OMSh tracks.

And if you think about it, what is the best way to represent a tank’s metal tracks in 1:35 scale? With 1:35-scale metal tracks for that tank—what a surprise!

Friulmodel is one of the world-famous manufacturers of aftermarket tracks for models, so I think I have chosen well…

Advantages: they look like the real tracks! They are made of metal, after all!

Disadvantages: they take time to assemble!

So, let us see how I get on assembling this: