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Stalingrad Pz.III
seabee1526
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Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 01:51 AM UTC
Hello team, what kit in 1/35 best represents a Pz.III that fought in Stalingrad? Thank you in advance for your help.
maartenboersma
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Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 03:16 AM UTC
1/35 dragon Pz. Kpfw. III Ausf. J

has two stalingrad decal options
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/pzkpfwiii-ausfj/3337#
Me109G
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Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 04:23 AM UTC
Very nice kit too!
milvehfan
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Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 08:41 PM UTC
Yes, its a nice kit, I hope to be building one in a Kharkov 1942 setting. Have Fun with your Stalingrad build.
seabee1526
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 10:51 PM UTC
Is the cyber hobby number 6510 the same panzer iii ?
Homer0331
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2016 - 01:46 AM UTC
No, 6510 depicts one of the "Funklenk" or radio controlled panzers. These had different turret stowage bins which housed the radio equipment for controlling the Borgward demo charge laying vehicle.
I do not know if the kit contains the standard turret bin.

Cyber Hobby 6587 a Pz III L Trop is actually closer to a late J as it has turret view ports like the J variant.
Robbd01
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Posted: Monday, March 28, 2016 - 02:29 AM UTC

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No, 6510 depicts one of the "Funklenk" or radio controlled panzers. These had different turret stowage bins which housed the radio equipment for controlling the Borgward demo charge laying vehicle.
I do not know if the kit contains the standard turret bin.

Cyber Hobby 6587 a Pz III L Trop is actually closer to a late J as it has turret view ports like the J variant.



I have Dragon's kit 9054 "Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J Control tank & Borgward IV Ausf. B". It has the standard turret bin (along with the radio control bin). I too was thinking of making a Stalingrad IIIJ with markings from the 24th Panzer Division. One 'grey' area I noticed with my kit and I have not yet dug too deep into, is that with this kit there is a storage bin that seems unique to the purpose of this tank that is on the starboard fender which would not be there for a standard Stalingrad IIIJ.
Maybe this kit could fill your need. At the time for me this was the most easily found kit of a IIIJ (ebay) then the 6394 kit though a few months back it did show up at Sprue Bro with a hefty price that went with it.

Cheers
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 03:54 AM UTC

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No, 6510 depicts one of the "Funklenk" or radio controlled panzers. These had different turret stowage bins which housed the radio equipment for controlling the Borgward demo charge laying vehicle.
I do not know if the kit contains the standard turret bin.

Cyber Hobby 6587 a Pz III L Trop is actually closer to a late J as it has turret view ports like the J variant.




I have Dragon's kit 9054 "Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J Control tank & Borgward IV Ausf. B". It has the standard turret bin (along with the radio control bin). I too was thinking of making a Stalingrad IIIJ with markings from the 24th Panzer Division. One 'grey' area I noticed with my kit and I have not yet dug too deep into, is that with this kit there is a storage bin that seems unique to the purpose of this tank that is on the starboard fender which would not be there for a standard Stalingrad IIIJ.
Maybe this kit could fill your need. At the time for me this was the most easily found kit of a IIIJ (ebay) then the 6394 kit though a few months back it did show up at Sprue Bro with a hefty price that went with it.

Cheers


As I recall, kit 9054 is Dragon's original release, which mates their Borgward demolition tractor with the Dragon Imperial Series/Gunze Sangyo Panzer III Ausf J kit, which was the 1990-vintage Gunze Panzer III multilmedia kit updated with all-plastic Dragon detail parts to replace the white metal and photoetch details on the original boxing. It was quite nice for its time, though the torsion bar arms were molded to the hull sides. And of course, in this boxing, the radio box for the turret was added.

Dragon later revised their all-new Smart Kit Panzer III Ausf J to pair with their Borgward Tractor, and released it as kit 6510. I have it, but it's in storage, so I don't recall offhand if it has the bustle stowage box or not.
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