>>9725962>tank model kits and the like would be 100000000000000000000000times better if they are small parts separatedBut there are "small parts separated" tank kits, a shit ton of them in fact, Edelweiss is the exception.
>saves tons of hours just masking things over and overNo it doesn't. You glue all the small parts in place before you start painting because you don't want your tank to look like shit with gaps everywhere.
>why the fuck the shovels and skirt armor modeled in one pieceSo you don't have to deal with photoetch. I'm quite sure you can find a PE shovels in 3 separate parts and you would still glue them together and then to the tank before you paint them.
>spent more than 10 hours just maskingA whole 10 hours? Boo hoo.
