Landships II

Hello,

I just received my FCM 2C today and I hope it's OK if I share a few pictures of the kit.

The kit arrived well-packed via air-mail with the major components in separate zip-lock bags.  The sponsons are carefully wrapped in bubble-wrap.

Resin parts seem to be above average quality with minimal flash and bubbles, with sharp rivets.

There are a lot more loose pieces than I anticipated floating around (running gear fixturing and the like), but they seem to be complete and unbroken.  The tracks are interesting, molded in strips of 5 links each, I think with the intent of splitting out each link separately to show some track flex (instructions call for 69 links per side, there appear to be ~150 included in the kit).

Decals (from Black Lion) are provided for two vehicles: "Normandie" (#97) and "Alsace" (#93).  No paint guide is given, but the instructions include a couple of sharp reference photos.  Hand-drawn instructions are limited, but should prove sufficient.

Overall, a very nice little kit and as this is my first order from Retrokit, I wanted to share my positive experience.  Domi kept me updated during the entire order process with the status.

-BT