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   * Kit type: Articulated model kit, poseable with polycaps
   * In-universe role: Powered Armoured Suit (Space Type) - ver.K, //Strahl Democratic Republic forces//
-  * Build date: ???
+  * Build date: August 2021
 I bought this kit, un-assembled, from [[http://www.buyee.com|Buyee.com]] in July 2021. I paid a reasonable sum (£28); less than a lot of others were reselling them for (bearing in mind it was a 10+ year old kit at the time), but obviously with shipping and import taxes to them have to pay. Still, for something relatively rare and expensive in the west, it was a pretty good deal.
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 ===== In-Progress Images =====
+**[Update - 11th August 2021]** - Started the assembling of the //Kauz//.
+The rubber covers over the joints (replaced in the modern Wave retooling of the Kauz with all-in-one polycap material) are fiddly to say the least. If you leave them as reccomended in the instructions they come away from the joints when you move or rotate them. If you glue them to one side of the joint then they don't quite reach when bent (and you can't glue both ends as you then cannot rotate the joint....). Definitely something that has been improved on the later models:
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+Legs, these are a bit fiddly, since the joint for the ankle is right next to where you have to run poly cement to seal the two halves of the calf armour:
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+Engine/generator which will be fitted inside the model, so you don't actually get to see it unless you decide to leave the rear hatch off. Also the torso of the pilot (which you //can// see, since the upper-cockpit hatch is on a hinge):
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+**[Update September 2022]** - After sitting partially assembled for over a year, I started to finish the kit:
+Assembly of the main torso section...
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+Hatch and interior...
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+Attaching sub-components; arms, legs, armour plates...
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