DAK 5th Light Panzer III Ausf. F
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Step one. Find part A5. There are eight sprues labelled "A" (to be fair there are only five distinct sprues). Need a hint? It's the grey one.....
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Not called out in the instruction but you have the option of position for the front return roller.
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I cut off the torsion bar heads because I'm evil that way. I was today-years-old when I found out that the torsion bars are handed..... I've only built about half a dozen kits with this suspension and I just figured out why I had fit problems with some of the suspension arms.
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Orginal 75mm vs the 95mm upgraded road wheels.
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Step 6 has you glueing parts V12, V34 and V41 together and then attaching them to the hull rear. I recommend glueing V12 to the hull first. This allows you to see exactly how it aligns with the hull.
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With V12 in place, you can see how V41 fits into place. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how V35 is supposed to fit in between V12 and V41. My solution was to leave V35 off and just cover the hole with V28.
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The parts for the amoured smoke candle rack are mislabelled in the instructions.
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Not called out as an option but in Step 18 you have the choice of plastic or photo-etched parts.
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"Tropen" covers for the engine and fan comparts. Dragon parts from the spares box.
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Leftover turret stowage bin from Border Models kit.
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The results of a few minutes here and there between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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Work since New Year's Day. Co-axe MG from RB Models showed up today. Three weeks from Poland to Canada during a pandemic holiday season. Well done Polish Postal Services!
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Assembling FriulModel ATL-02 in batches of ten.
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Ninety-three links give a properly tensioned track with no sag.
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5 22 December 2020, 17:14