All measurements for this project start from one of two references that is either the outside dimensions of the hull or the inside dimensions. The Tamiya boys did a pretty good job on the outside with the exception of the lower hull around the road arm holes, the height is not right and the road arms themselves are too long, but more on that later. The inside however is nowhere near right, mainly because the hull plates are not scale thickness, that not being necessary and the allowances made for the motorization of the model. So this is where the job begins. Using the actual thickness of each hull plate in millimeters calculations were done to determine the appropriate thickness of the corresponding plates on the model, then each plate was built up using different thickness’ of Evergreen sheet styrene |
