A tale of two fenders.
Bad Fender. I broke the cardinal rule of modeling, "test fit BEFORE soldering". On Bad Fender, I went with looking correct versus placing the part where the instructions say. The fenders on a Panzer IV have the texture plate go all the to edge. However, this creates a gap along the angle portion. Now, if I was a smart person, I would have test fitted before soldering the entire plate. Nope, not this guy!
Good Fender. Followed instructions, it is not 100% correct but hey, no gaps.
Next problem, how to fix Bad Fender? First I attempted to desolder but that went nowhere fast and eventually would cause a ton of damage. So, I turned to Ebay and bought another set. Good thing Tristar kits are not in hot demand making the upgrade sets cheap.
Live and learn.
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