hey there having just bought the tamayia pak 40 gun (1/35th) the other day all ready painted and partly built from what i could understand of the japanese instructions....

i was wonderin if anyone has any of the tamayia pak 40 gun with british translation and paints numbers so that i may complete the model without having to make a mess of it!

and why is it the gun crew are also kinda taller and yet bulkier than my other 1/35th model of the krupp protze towing truck

can someone please help me out with this??!?!?!?!?!?!


much help apreciated

Where do you live? I have an extra English version for you. Basically everything was dark grey with the breech opening natural steel. Dk grey for rubber tires too.

If later in the war, then everything was the standard German three tone dark yellow, red-brown, olive green.

WHy the size differences? Because people are careless. A six foot person should be 2" tall in 1/35. Some figures are known for their misproportion. Some makers are better than others.

BTW, the Krupp Protze should not be used to haul your Pak 40, if that's in y our plans. The Pak 40 was immensely heavier than the loads the Krupp was usually tasked to haul (2cm flak gun or 3.7cm Pak 35/36)

england manchester ..

its kind of anoying ive managed to follow the instructions up to a part where it has the armour plating on the front saying it can be bent over on 35degree angle

can you not take pictures of the instruction sheet and email me them or paste them onto this forum for others to check out in the future?

n i am not finkin of using ma krupp protze for towing of it im leaving it to its smaller gun

thank you help is being apreciated

I think I know what you're referring to. That plate (Part B4) was normally stored in the upright position when the Pak was being moved or towed (that's why Tamiya suggests the 35degree bend) . However, when the gun was deployed, it dropped down to give more protection for the gun crew. As Tamiya made part B4 as a single piece, you'd have to cut it and fold it up for towed/moving position. Otherwise leave it as is.

Anthony,

Hopefully this will help.

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And page 3

And the last page

Anthony,

The paint numbers are actually on the back of the box mixed in with the conji but have look carefully. But at least you can read these instructions and know what they say.

Hope this helps out some.

Sorry but I just found this thread and and would have done this sooner.