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Hi, I bought the Panzer 38t Ausf.G and overall am very pleased with the kit. The parts go together and I was very please with the track lengths which with the help of a hairdryer curve around the drive cogs and idlers very easily and which can be sagged over the road using the same trick. This is much better than having to assemble the tracks with individual links which can be a pain. Other very good point are the shape of the road wheels. ( they are actually round) which on many large resin kits they are not and both the drive cogs and idlers are very detailed. The turret is nice and the machine guns are very well rendered. Some bad points on the model was the fit of the engine/air intake covers which would not sit right until again I heated them and eased them into place. There are not tools or storage boxes supplied with the kit and I had to buy the necessary accessories or make them. I also did not use the plastic mudguard brackets supplied and instead made my own using copper. I added many small details which were missing using walkaround photos of a restored tank as a reference. This is the only 1/16 model of the 38t now available (Sol made one but are no longer in business) and it makes a very good basis to build a very pleasing model. Though quite expensive for a basic kit I would still recommend it to all large scale modelers who do not mind adding detail themselves.
Happy modelling, Steve.
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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