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Marder! Detailing Tamiya's SdKfz 139 Marder III

Mud Pack
Curiously enough, Tamiya decided to go the flat plate route for the hull with this kit. Usually seen on Eastern Bloc kits, Tamiya-san uses it here to add more detail to the parts. The location points are thoughtfully designed and feel tight and secure when assembled. After the lower hull was assembled and allowed to cure, the entire exterior was splashed with a liberal amount of mud and debris making sure the location points for the running gear remained clean. I like my tanks dirty. I painted the interior scale black due to the lack of an interior.



My aim was to detail the exterior, and not the interior. The running gear was added according to the instructions. No surprises there. One side of the kit tracks was glued together and added to the model. The stock length was a found to be little to long in my opinion. I shortened the other side by on link and this fit better. . Again, theses were liberally coated with mud and grass. I added the fenders after installation of the track as I figured it would be easier this way. Funny how Tamiya has you install the track after the fenders. Oh well.