Advice on Kotobukiya model kits.

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reading your post make me cringe, for the model kit
anyway
the least you can do to a model kit, always remove it from the tree with AT LEAST A NAIL CLIPPER. it is recommended to buy a tamiya sharp pointed cutter

its expensive (not really, 30U$), its a good investment if you plan to build alot of models, DO NOT cut anything that is not plastick with this plier, the blade are really sharp to the point it will broke if you cut anything that is tougher than model kit plastick or drop it on to the floor

buy a tamiya cement thin, this thing is your bread & butter for gluing model kit, BECAREFUL when applying it, make sure your hand do not touch the cement, or if you did, do not touch any plastick model, this thing is built to melt plastick, it won;t melt you, but your fingerprint will be left on the surface of anything you touched
this thing also take time to work, around 20 second to set & 6 hour to fully cure, don't wiggle the glued part too much bfore it cure

also, if you want to re-assembly kit, during building, cut the male peg short, short enough to not break, long enough to stay sturdy for a while

i'm guessing you build zinaida crest arm, am i rite?, i've build mine, advice

glue part H51


glue part H48 if you can't risk missing it, its big, but there is a chance it could lost


glue part K47 of step 19th


glue part K46 of step 22nd
part K19 of step 23rd

i think that will be it, those part i suggest glued, i have lost them -_-, so any small detail is better glued after it was cut from the tree