Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf A/B/C

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Here's my latest build - Tamiya's newest WWII German Armour. Good to see Tamiya releasing more early war subjects. To be honest, I wasn't that keen on the Pz II but since I was looking for a quick and easy build I chose this little tank.

I have always liked Tamiya's boxart and this is no exception. The figure rendition is average though.



I won't be doing a SBS as it takes too much time. Work has been keeping me busy and what little time I have left, I rather spend building.

For a detailed review of this kit, I refer you to Terry Ashley's review on PMMS
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.co.../tam35292.html

But I will introduce the sprues

Sprue A x 2 - Tracks, suspension arms, sprockets, idelers and roadwheels.


Sprue A is useful is you wish to replace DML's sprocket and also if you want spare roadwheels. The parts code is 0004767 (A part) if you wish to order from Rainbow Ten.

Sprue B and C - Upper hull, hull armour, visor covers, turret shell and figure body


Sprue E and G - rear plate, smoke candle rack, front armour and add-on armour


Sprue H - OVM tools, lower turret, engine doors and guns


Lower hull




As I was taking photos of the sprues, I realised I didn't come across the PE and decals. Wave of panic hit me as I thought it was left out of my kit! After a couple of minutes frantically searching through the kit, I found those tricky little buggers stuck to the underside of the cover. Phewww!!



So here are the close-ups



Poly caps!


LQ