DAK 5th Light Panzer III Ausf. F

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..... 

Not called out in the instruction but you have the option of position for the front return roller. 

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. 

Orginal 75mm vs the 95mm upgraded road wheels. 

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. 

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. 

The parts for the amoured smoke candle rack are mislabelled in the instructions. 

Not called out as an option but in Step 18 you have the choice of plastic or photo-etched parts. 

 

"Tropen" covers for the engine and fan comparts. Dragon parts from the spares box. 

Leftover turret stowage bin from Border Models kit. 

The results of a few minutes here and there between Christmas and New Year's Eve. 

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! 

Assembling FriulModel ATL-02 in batches of ten. 

Ninety-three links give a properly tensioned track with no sag.