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So I picked up this old tau XV88 kit on eBay and I'm unsure on a couple of things since the instructions aren't great. Wondered if anyone here knows.


First, I don't see these little bits on the tutorial picture anywhere. Look like part of the feet, maybe something for the drone?





And then the feet themselves, the bits at the top of the pic (Back of the piece) look out of place. Are they flashes that need to be cut or just the way it's supposed to be?



   
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The first bit you posted are the original feet to the base Tau suit kit. And yes those big wedge shaped pieces of metal need to be trimmed away.

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Ah, so I can use the plastic feet to make it into a regular XV8?

Cheers for the reply.
   
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yes but they will break unless you pin them

Those feet are terrible

   
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Yep, what you're looking at is classic older GW. A current plastic kit w/ a small package of metal add-on parts (often replacing some of the plastic components). This was how they did things for a good 10-15 years.

The metal tabs on the larger feet are indeed gates and should be snipped off.
   
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Also the things look much better with the railguns on the arms


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