Nice start, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
I remember about 20 years ago that soft plastic was praised of being more workable, so it was kind of preferable by a respectable number of modelers, especially in kits with less than perfect fit. Indeed it was better at some cases, especially in limited run kits (ill fitting main fuselage or wing parts and the like).
On the other hand, when the same soft plastic was used to replicate scale thickness items, resulted in those parts being hopelessly weak, barely able to support any weight, like NLG main legs, for example. I also believe that soft plastic molds is easier to manufacture than "hard " ones...
Anyway, as much as I love the at cases easiness of working with soft plastic, I generally prefer the hard (or harder) one...being better safe than sorry...
Looking forward to your super build!