Kerail Preceptors: Missing Parts?

Mine were also identical, so I believe so. I was also very confused by this though, as one doesn't seem to fit in them at all...

 

They are not supposed to be identical. One of them has a slot at the high point, and one has a slot more towards the middle, you should have different rocks. I believe you can send in the QC code and get a replacement.

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I'm actually still assembling mine, I haven't checked the weapon fit yet!

 

I assembled mine ages ago but I recall I had to do a lot of filing and filling to get a good fit on the weapons.

 

I always knew I'd want to run them as two Surdas, so I just left the guns off and kept them for conversion use down the line.

 

There should be two different rocks. But yes the weapon mount are not fitting to well. But i just used the model for a surda just like RobertShepherd mentioned. They are more usefull anyway.

 

Having assembled two sets of these guys now, I ended up having to secure all the weapon mounts with a large amount of green stuff and a liberal helping of super glue in order to create a large enough contact area to keep them attached. If there's a right way to do it that lets you skip this extra effort, I haven't figured it out.

 

Leave the weapons in the box. After all, you'll almost never use the Mutan Symbiobeasts, only the Surda.

 

I agree about the Mutan. I've only ever used them in random lists, and I think the single or double Surdas are the clearly the better profiles.

That said, I think the weapons look really cool, and add to the appearance of the model. I would feel like I had to seal the gap on the saddles with green stuff in order to make it look right without the weapons, which doesn't seem like any less work to me.

I understand if you prefer WYSIWYG on your models. I do too, but Infinity has not been very accommodating in that regard, and I have given up trying. I have settled on fielding the correct unit models with whatever weapons they are modeled with.