Hello,
I finally had time to build something further. The hull is now glued together. The only "upgrade" I made is to drill out the lights. The only mistake I discovered was that they forgot to mention a part in the assembly instructions (in the pictures it was simply installed at some point). However, I didn't measure or look for detail errors etc.
What I don't like is that the British maneuver system is attached to the model (I don't know the British name, in Germany it is AGDUS, in the US military it is MILES). In my opinion it would have made more sense to offer these parts as a choice and not to install them from the start. If you really want to remove it, you have to grind the cables from the hull and fill in the holes... It would also have been much easier to use the molds for other variants and, for example, to build the Afghanistan variant with additional armor.
All in all, the kit is pretty over-engineered. A huge amount of unnecessary small parts. Often so small that it is hardly possible to clean them up once they have been removed from the sprue. Without really good side cutters you would quickly be lost!
I'm already looking forward to the turret. When I look at the sprues and the parts left, it feels like it consists of a million parts...
(My finger with two of the PE parts - that's not always fun!)
Best regards,
Andi