No extra road wheels (or much of anything) are included in the kit so I have added a few items seen in photos and was pleased to note that extra road wheels and track from Plastic Soldier Companies new Panzer III boxed set fit the bill perfectly! These items look great and are only slightly smaller than BF extra road wheels/tracks but the detail is no contest! This boxed set is really a must-have for fans of the PzIII and I cannot wait to put these together! I will spotlight the build in a future blog entry.
One other problem with the BF kit is
the hole along the bottom of the superstructure sides to accommodate the fender
supports that are present on the metal track part. It seems Battlefront simply
used the tracks from the StuG kits for the StuIG33. This results in there being
fender supports where there should be none and tools being in the wrong
position. (jack on wrong side, no axe/wire cutters, track pry bar should not be where it is etc). As well the track pieces sit too low and should mate up tight with the hull.
I removed the fender supports, ground down the hull so it fit flush and filled the holes with JB Weld. I also added back a couple fender supports where they belonged, an MG34, and a headlight.
I will add a fender stowage box, a tow cable and maybe a few roadwheels on the superstructure front although I am not too sure this was done in Stalingrad?!
Card above for vehicle for Schwere Kompanie rules.
PS: Did a bit more work on the StuIG. Moved the jack, added an axe, stowage box and fire extinguisher.
Cheers!
Troy
2 comments:
I'm looking forward to seeing the end result, on this and the PSC Panzer IIIs.
CdlT
Great work, I built the Battlefront Stug33B, but mine was straight out of the box. Yours looks way better than mine:
http://stormofsteelwargaming.blogspot.be/2014/09/bring-out-big-guns.html
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