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Academy STuG IV

M

maus

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Hi

Finally got off my but to join this campaign as I have quite a few STuGs in the basement to build. :)

James

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Rodger Cole wrote a review on the kit in the Armorama forum. One thing he identified and I completely agree with is you get what you paid for. Since I paid $3.00 at a yard sale I can't complain to much, but sigh :rotf

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Nice gaps, good thing there is styrene strips and putty.

As a Tamiya knock off to bad they didn't improve on the kit. :bang head

James
 
Almost looks like they intended those notches to be slid into the idler mount. Fill it in, wouldn't worrry about sanding cause you can cover it with mud :soldier
 
Thanks everyone

Hole on the rear plate filled and I quickly moved on.

"If it was easy, anyone could do it" very true

I am impressed the bracket mounts for the side skirts seem to be molded properly unlike the Tamiya Brummbar kit where you had to modify the brackets which was an easy fix with plastic card. Lots of ejector pins markings but so far everything else is fitting together nicely. :)

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Slowly things are coming together, I dry fitted the right side skirt today and realized the lower hooks that attach to the fender were anywhere from 2mm to 5mm off and did not fit. So some adjustment was required and the problem is fixed.

James

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Thanks everyone,

Got a little bit more done on Sunday and hope to resume work on the kit tomorrow night.

James

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