The kit really isnt bad and not the dog it is made out to be. There should be some detail on the vertical sides of the tool lockers... you can make that with stretched sprue or Evergreen... The kit box art is good to work from.
One thing to do that makes a world of difference... buy the cheap AFV Club workable track links. The links are molded in steel plastic with seperate black plastic track pads. They are super simple to paint and snap together... they look wayyyyyy better than the worthless Tamiya ones. AFV also sells a wheel set, although the Tamiya ones are ok (the rubber hubs are annoying). If you have a better .50 cal machine gun, replace that too... otherwise the kit is really not so bad considering its nearly 40 years old now.
One thing to do that makes a world of difference... buy the cheap AFV Club workable track links. The links are molded in steel plastic with seperate black plastic track pads. They are super simple to paint and snap together... they look wayyyyyy better than the worthless Tamiya ones. AFV also sells a wheel set, although the Tamiya ones are ok (the rubber hubs are annoying). If you have a better .50 cal machine gun, replace that too... otherwise the kit is really not so bad considering its nearly 40 years old now.