If you’re interested by my experience with this model you can have a look at my site. I’m pretty sure I posted it here too.
Enjoy your build.
Olivier
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I’m already taking one step back for every step forward with this kit. Details are great but my fat arthritic fingers just won’t cooperate sometimes. I’ve already had to fix a couple of things but on the positive side, I did manage to get the rear hull plate done.
IMG_4952 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
Doesn’t look like a lot, right? Well, that’s about three hours worth. Yikes. I could have used the kit-supplied plastic indie track links but each one had four knockout pin marks so I subbed some spare R-Model links. Of course then the securing brackets didn’t fit, yada yada yada. In all fairness the weld beads added to that time considerably. And I had one road wheel break off at the axle, my fault entirely, but in the process of trying to separate the inner and outer wheels I ruined the outer. Hmmm. One Tamiya Merkava wheel wheel, with grooves cut into the rim, now resides on the right rear. Painted it will be just fine.
IMG_4953 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
I have another AFV Club Cent in the stash and I’m thinking seriously about consigning it. I know there’s lots of people who absolutely love AFV Club products, I myself have built a couple of their M60’s, but I have to say this one is not as buildable as those. My opinion may change later of course, but I enjoyed the Amusing Hobby Sho’t Kal I did last year quite a bit more. This is not so much a criticism of AFV Club kits as it is a statement of my abilities and comfort zone.
Olivier, I’m going to look at your build now and see what you thought of it. Seeing how you knocked out the Doher I can only imagine…. 
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I finally weathered my Doher mainly with Syrian ground and North Africa dust pigments. The tracks are the kit ones which I glued on top of the roadwheels to simulate the sag.
This concludes my participation in the campaign which I enjoyed despite the kit flaws.
Olivier
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Some (slow) movement on the Meng AH-64DI. I’m using Kelek interior 3D decals. A first for me, and I think they’re coming out pretty well.
Great work by everyone else!
Michael 
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Anyone else unable to load pics? I’ve finished off the cockpit and am trying to post some images but the system is giving me an error message.
Michael
This is why….
I’m winning. Some of the engineering on this kit makes me wonder, or maybe makes me realize just how well certain other kits are engineered.
Pics:
IMG_4955 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_4956 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
Running gear is done and I’m working on the hull now. Fit is okay so far. I did change up how the upper parts went on. The instructions have you go from front to back but the location of the driver’s compartment cover is very vague, so I did the middle part, the turret ring first since it’s got a very positive location, then the engine cover and driver’s compartment cover.
I have just started another kit that will be my second for this campagne.
First bits have been glued on these past few days..
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Looks familiar…. 
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