| Date of Review |
January 2007 |
| Manufacturer |
DML (cyber-hobby.com) |
| Subject |
Upgrade and Conversion Kit for StuG III Ausf. G Early Production |
| Scale |
1/35 |
| Kit Number |
3834 |
| Primary Media |
89 parts (43 in grey styrene, 43 etched
brass, 2 turned brass, 1 turned aluminum) |
| Pros |
Upgrades the base kit with etched brass
and provides both accessories and additonal details |
| Cons |
Shell catcher is only available here and
not in base kit; add-on kits somewhat defeat the concept of
the "Smart Kit" |
| Skill Level |
Intermediate |
| MSRP (USD) |
$16.98 |
DML's boutique hobby line of cyber-hobby.com is now offering two
upgrade kits for their very nice new StuG III Ausf. G Early Production
kit, and each one covers different aspect s of the model.
This set offers interior parts – etched brass ammo racks,
small arms (two sets of their "WB" German sets with two
MP40s, one MP44 and one Gewehr 43 in each set), ammo pouches, a
shell casing catch basket for the 7.5 cm gun, two turned brass
7.5 cm rounds, and a turned aluminum barrel. This set also includes
a sheet of Cartograf decals with three different finishing options,
but as is unfortunately consistent with these sets, no listing
of who they belong to or where these vehicles were serving. I personally
find this an annoying trait as it does not give any information
to the general modeler, and requires a very heavy library of references
to ensure you can determine which is which.
The directions still require you to guess at where to insert the
parts as they are not keyed to the kit's directions. This would
make them much more handy, given the busy directions DML uses with
their stock kits.
The one big ding on the original kit was the lack of the shell
catcher, and it is an odd thing to leave off.
Overall, this answers the mail for many of the "must
have brass to be a good model" types out there, but the base
kit (less the boo-boo on the shell catcher) is fine as is so anyone
not into brass doesn't have to fear it being incomplete without
the brass parts.
Thanks to Freddie Leung of DML for the review sample.
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