The basic Voyager Model 1:35 photo-etched set for the British Valentine Mk.I infantry tank is an accessory for a plastic kit you already own, not a model in itself. The basic designation means a leaner scope aimed at the most visible areas of the vehicle.
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The product is an aftermarket set of photo-etched brass parts for detailing one particular plastic kit. The kit is not part of the package and you have to have it separately. The word basic in the name distinguishes the leaner variant from the full sets by the same manufacturer: basic sets hold fewer parts and concentrate on what is most visible on the finished model. Voyager Model is a Chinese manufacturer of photo-etched accessories for military subjects.
The Valentine was a British infantry tank from the early 1940s, built around good armor protection and reliability at relatively small size. The Mk.I version carried a 40 mm gun in a two-man turret. The vehicle was built in many successive versions and in large numbers, including deliveries to foreign users. Characteristic are the low silhouette, the sectioned fenders and the riveted and cast features of the hull.
With photo-etched sets it pays to proceed the other way round from what the kit instructions say. First go through which plastic parts will have to be sanded down or removed altogether, and do it before you glue anything together. Then fit the photo-etched parts onto the loose, still unassembled subassemblies, where you can reach them with tweezers from all sides. Only then close the model up. Adding photo-etched parts to a finished hull ends in broken parts and fingerprints in fresh paint.
Cut the parts off with a scalpel on a hard surface, and make the bends on the marked groove in one stroke. Glue with thin cyanoacrylate in a minimal amount. Before painting, degrease the brass and cover it with a primer for metal. On British subjects of the period it pays to paint thinly, so that the fine edges of the photo-etched parts do not disappear under a heavy coat.
The set is an accessory for a plastic kit, which it does not include. The glue, paints and tools are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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