I finally cracked open a kit to paint something for myself and boy does the venom have a lot of great bits. And fragile crap that will instantly break in transport unless I put it in a high-top case with a sheet steel bottom and magnets in the model's ba- no. Painting a model then later gluing on a canopy annoys me, so that's getting glued into place, the riders are being left off because I'm lazy and don't want to paint them, the splinter cannon on the top is getting pinned because that cute spindle mount will also break quickly.
My question is how do people feel about the weapons under the nose? Even the splinter cannon is so far back it's practically invisible. It snap fits in place as is, though not so snugly, does anyone care if it's left off? I planned on magnetizing it but even if the weapon is destroyed I could easily forget since I couldn't see the weapon to begin with. Does anyone have experience with this?