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| Subject: | Re: Revell Jagdpanzer Kanone |  |
| Date: | Jul 1, 2008 |
| From: | Philipp Gross | |
I got it yesterday at a local hobby store. I have put together the basic hull parts to see how it works out, and sadly the initial euphoria has somewhat vanished.
The overall detailing is somewhat basic and soft. I guess that everything is there that is supposed to be there, yet it is molded nowhere as sharp as contemporary kits by Dragon, Trumpeter etc. My kit has several distinctive gaps between the main upper hull parts that required lots of filling and sanding. The 90mm gun is rigid due to the injecton moulded protective canvas behind the gun mantlet and slightly pointing downwards. The greatest disappointment however is the track, which comes as four lenghts of vinyl track. The vinyl is very soft and has some flash on it, as well as injection marks. However, the guiding teeth are utterly wrong, having both the wrong shape and wrong position.
On the other hand, the main hull parts fit together well thanks to several sturdy bolts on the inside. It is even possible to fit these parts togehther tightly without any glue. The instructions have also been upgraded, with distinctive hints of which parts belong to which version, and a detailed painting guide for all four versions, which is now in shades of grey instead just plain black and white.
The aforementioned four versions depict three Kanonenjagdpanzer, two of which in overall yellowish olive green ("Gelboliv") and one in a rare two color scheme featuring olive green and ochre. The fourth version is a Beobachtungspanzer (artillery observation tank) which is lacking the main gun. This vehicle is displayed in the standard NATO three color scheme.
A german language first look review can be found here. It has also plenty of pictures of the kit parts.
http://www.panzer-modell.de/ausgepackt/09.html
Regards,
Philipp |
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