There is a lot of good news about this vehicle compared to the resin cast version. To start off it costs about 1/2 the price of a resin cast vehicle. For those of us on a budget or who make large armies, that's very good news.
The model is very few parts and easy to put together. The railings are a single part of the kit printed onto the body, so it makes them stronger and less fiddly, they don't have to be glued on, because they are already a part of the vehicle. The wheels and machine gun are the only separate pars and they go on quickly with super glue.
The filament is very durable, if this model were dropped from table top height to the carpeted floor, it probably would not break, on a resin kit you likely would break the railings.
Strangely, this one does not have a detailed underside which is unusual for Filament Fighters. But that's not really an issue for me.
The model comes unassembled and only has to be cut from the little tabs, it's not even a sprue. You have to cut supports from around the wheel wells, I use my sprue cutter and then X-Acto knife for those jobs and they work fine. So out of of the little bag and ready to put together in only a couple minutes.
These are very strong models, while they won't take actual abuse, don't step on them, I doubt they will incur damage on the wargame table as frequently as resin cast or even plastic molded vehicles.
I liken these to the old soft metal castings, in terms of durability, speed of assembly, and level of detail. But they are lighter, which is nice when you put 50 of them in a box, and they don't bend like the old metal models, and these are much cheaper.
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