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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Italeri Opal Maultier Panzerwerfer
Biggles2
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Friday, August 07, 2015 - 08:22 PM UTC
Here's my Italeri Panzerwerfer - an old kit with AM from Royal Models (I think!), and, of course, Friul tracks. Built and painted a few years ago when over-chipping was fashionable! However, here it is for your criticism, etc...






andyman
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Posted: Friday, August 07, 2015 - 08:38 PM UTC
Looks good to me.
Andy
obg153
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Posted: Friday, August 07, 2015 - 08:57 PM UTC
I second that comment. The Fruils definitely make a difference, especially on this vehicle.
smorko
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Serbia & Montenegro
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Posted: Friday, August 07, 2015 - 11:10 PM UTC
The kit looks great, good job, if I had to find a fault, maybe, just maybe, the track is too loose. But if you used the royal model upgrade i have to ask how did you glue the two part (front/back) resin rocket tubes? How do you get them to be straight and even? Just seems impossible without a lot of gap filling, really the only fault with the resin set.

Biggles2
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Posted: Saturday, August 08, 2015 - 08:02 PM UTC
I would have thought the track is too loose also, but after viewing several photos of real ones (available on Google image search), they all have considerable track droop. I may be wrong about it being Royal Models upgrades - I built this 3 - 4 years ago.
Biggles2
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Posted: Saturday, August 08, 2015 - 09:25 PM UTC
I checked photos of real Panzerwerfer's again and vehicles in motion have tight track, but most stationary vehicles have varying degrees of track sag. Maybe some kind of automatic track tensioning devise when in drive? Also noticed (way too late!) that Italeri got the ammo storage totally wrong - should be vertical stowage instead of horizontal!
easyco69
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Posted: Saturday, August 08, 2015 - 10:08 PM UTC
Looks good biggles.
Biggles2
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Posted: Sunday, August 09, 2015 - 06:59 PM UTC
Thanks!
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