Meng has earned a reputation for detailing without being fiddly and for fairly good fit of parts. Looking as the mass of parts, one would understandably have some difficulty believing the fiddly part of that statement as the box is actually stuffed full of plastic with a fret of fairly thick photo etch to take care of some screening and a few other suspiciously fiddly-looking items. In addition to this, we have been provided a sprue of polycaps for the working suspension, and some vinyl tubing to use for the hydraulics involved with the gun mount.

Many are the parts of the instructions that will require some holes to be drilled, so going over the instructions a few times prior to building would be a wise move. Not surprising is the initial construction covering the suspension and this is where the polycaps come into play. Recall that this has a working suspension so care in building will allow this. The kit also includes separate track links, the bane of some modelers, but the box top swears that these are easy to assemble and cement free single pin tracks. Hopefully they are easy as there are 91 per side. Note that there are multiple variants provided in this kit in terms of sub-type and you'll need to make your determination of which one rather early (as in step 2) to ensure you drill the proper holes.

Anyway, once the suspension and tracks are installed, work starts on the interior. There are areas that will be visible, so this isn't a full interior (as in no engine) but you will have to build up the driver's compartment unless you want to model all the hatches closed. Then construction moves to the upper hull section. Throughout this part, you will have to follow those steps that pertain to the variant you are building. Some have a difference in small bits, while others will divide the sequence for that step into sub-units when the difference is major.

The first 19 steps take up the hull. The next 18 cover the turret and guns. The guns are where the hydraulic tubes are important and you are provided length guides for cutting what you need. These tubes fit on small pins and should be tight enough to not need any sort of adhesive. One thing I can tell you is that no oil based paint will dry on it so I'd leave these off until the guns and surrounding area are painted. There are more optional bits on the turret than the rest of the model.

Instructions are very well done with lots of large construction steps. Colors are provided with AK and Acrysion paints along with generic names. The base variant is the -4V1 of which there are two overall green options and one in sane with green and black camo. The -4M offers two overall green options. There is a single -4M2 vehicle in green with sand and black camo. Finally a -4MZ with three disruptive camo schemes, each quite different from the others. These are from the early 70s to the mid 20teens. There is a nicely done decal sheet provided as most of these vehicles have markings of some sort or the other;  mostly just numbers.