Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
Any clean up required on the PZ III tracks? I've had two sets of MC T-34 early style 550mm waffle tracks that were marred with heavy flash, mold slip, blind holes, chipped, an gate remnants. Are all MC resin tracks like my experience?
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
Some have a little flash that cleans up easy. The main problem however is the need to drill out every single hole or the track pins won't fit. If they were just a tiny bit larger the tracks would be perfect.
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
After assembling about 3cm over the course of one hour I'm inclined to suggest a more thorough approach:
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
I was more like this when I tried to build some;
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZKZiW6GSx8eSA/html5
(sorry can't seem to get this gif to play in the forum!)
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZKZiW6GSx8eSA/html5
(sorry can't seem to get this gif to play in the forum!)
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
On the plus side Philipp, you have made good progress on the rest of the tank
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
Thanks Vincent
A little more progress:
I didn't notice in time that the tank I'm going to build has spare wheels mounted. The kit doesn't include any, probably because someone at Dragon in their infinite wisdom probably thought cutting off the relevant parts from the sprue would save the company a few cents and the hapless modeller some confusion at the sight of too many wheels...
Thankfully Tamiya's Stug B kit comes with two nice superfluous spare wheels and their mounts.
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A little more progress:
I didn't notice in time that the tank I'm going to build has spare wheels mounted. The kit doesn't include any, probably because someone at Dragon in their infinite wisdom probably thought cutting off the relevant parts from the sprue would save the company a few cents and the hapless modeller some confusion at the sight of too many wheels...
Thankfully Tamiya's Stug B kit comes with two nice superfluous spare wheels and their mounts.
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
It's looking like a nice little build Philipp, following with interest
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Thanks Adam! Hopefully I'll have it ready for painting in a little while. Excluding the tracks, that is
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Re: Panzer III J, North Africa 1942
Can't wait to see it in paint!
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