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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: 7dot62mm on 27 June 2021, 04:40:15 PM
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Then, two 1/72 scale Sd.Kfz 251/1s...
(https://i.postimg.cc/3JKkWsbk/IMG-1204.jpg)
The one on the left is a Dragon kit, originally built by Adam in Ireland. He sold it to me some years ago. His paint job was a rather dark Panzer grey so I repainted it to fit my other German equipment.
(https://i.postimg.cc/yxTWvjW6/IMG-1205.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kgHG1BMS/IMG-1207.jpg)
The model on the right is of course the venerable ESCI kit...
(https://i.postimg.cc/SKzswkjv/IMG-1209.jpg)
....about fifty years old it shows multiple problems with the front mudguards, and the general shape of the hull.
(https://i.postimg.cc/gcywzz49/IMG-1210.jpg)
Still, it's good enough as a wargaming model. I have a couple more of them in the stash I think...
(https://i.postimg.cc/K8j4DnbF/IMG-1213.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/xCDCQhzT/IMG-1214.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/YqbhFdJb/IMG-1215.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/9MdfQbdP/IMG-1216.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/hvMP9G3f/IMG-1217.jpg)
I've managed to snap off one of the width indicators on the mudguard of the Dragon model.
(https://i.postimg.cc/qqpvhKwP/IMG-1218.jpg)
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It wouldn’t be a Wargames model if you hadn’t! Lol
They look very good. On the table, you’d have to point out the differences.
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They look the part to me.
For some reason, I especially like the crosscut saw on the one...self-made pioneers, that Gruppe is... ;)
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They're fine as is. Very nice models.
PS Many years ago, I fitted the Revell Mk IV J hull top to the Dragon Stug IV lower hull with 3 return rollers and vertical exhaust mufflers and saw a gap between the lower front plate and the vertical plate next to it. I can put the weld bead in there I thought. I then placed it into a box and never went back. I now follow Will's 3 foot rule and am the happier for it.