Finished model 2026-III

A Dalek, of unclear scale. Kit presumably donated by CrazyMoon.

While PVA glue is forgiving, paper is not. I made the reflection that one really should build paper models twice: once to figure out how they’re supposed to be assembled, once to make the final product. This kit in particular had instructions that mostly made sense after the fact—for example the position of part 17 was not shown at all, but was quite obvious once the rest had been assembled. Only afterwards did I also realise where I should have retained gluing tabs on the parts; I got it in time not to make a complete pig’s ear out of the top dome. Alignment was still difficult, as can be seen in the lopsided attitude.