New Project 5cm Pak 38 (SF) auf Zugkraftwagen 1t

[pt109]

Hi Guys!

Just thought I'd add a few photos of a new kit I bought a week ago at the LHS.....quite expensive for such a small kit.

It's a smart kit so should be a good un....








































From what I see in the box, it's a very nice kit, from 2013, but some sprues look like re-casts of older parts from the 250 kits.

Thanks for watching....Paul

[pt109]

The sprockets in particular are nicely done.....it seems Dragon finally got the offset correct on the sprocket rollers and the inside of the sprocket rims include the missing bolt details.

New sprues with the tires done in 6 parts! yikes.....the gun is the old sprue from their PAK 38 kit but still nicely detailed as well....

The 1t shares a similar suspension with the 250 series, which is actually an up armored version of the German 10/5 series I believe.

Overall quality is top notch.....

[dierk]

Nice project, I'll be watching when time permits.
You may want to look into replacing the barrel of the 5cm with a metal one - if it's the moulding from late last millennium, which I strongly suspect, the muzzle-brake is in two parts and the seam is virtually impossible to disappear. Or make a dust-cover.

[Leon]

I'll be following along Paul! Looks like a fun project.

[deafpanzer]

Always liked this one... tough looking halftrack! Count me in too... good luck!

[pt109]

So, after doing some checking, according to PMMS the sprockets are too narrow but the good news is they can be altered slightly to accommodate....no biggie I just have to add some shims/disks to compensate, it oesn't spoil the fun for me heheh.

I will update when I can as a couple other projects are pulling at me, also been under the weather lately which never helps!

Thanks for checking in!

Paul