Trumpeter SA-10 Grumble chassis problem

[MickE]

Hi All

 

Has anyone built Trumpeter's SA10 Grumble kit and did you have problems with the engine exhaust pipes? I assume that the their Scud B kit uses the same chassis so the problem may be present on that kit as well.

 

I am currently building this kit and have a problem with the two exhaust pipe end pieces. Take a look at this picture

 

 

The pipe should sit on the bracket to the right of it. The engine was glued to the correct slots in the chassis and, even if wrong, there is not the space for the engine to move that far forward.

The exhaust pipes attached to the engine would not have attached further forward on the engine and were the ones indicated in the instructions.

I can cut down the pipes  to fix it but I  want to know what went wrong.

 

Regards

 

Mick

 

 

[magman2]

It’s not you, Trumpeter have a history of getting things wrong.

On the Maz tank transporter, the have just omitted parts and they did a similar thing on the Oshkosh Trucks.

[MickE]

Ok thanks. I ended up with cutting 4.5mm off the pipe and now they fit fine. There were another 2 manifold and pipe pieces on the sprue but they were not the right part numbers and were too short anyway. The kit was going together great until the pipes didn't fit.