I didn't have any problems, if I remember right. Maybe because I used an am-barrel and it's glued straight to mantlet..Military.modeller80 said:Can I ask, did you have any issues with the gun mantlet on your model, when I built this kit I had to take a hacksaw to the mantlet just to get it to fit, did you have any problems or had Tamiya fixed the problem bythe time you got your kit