Accessory Sets for DML Kit No. 6320 StuG III Ausf. G Early ProductionReviewed by Cookie Sewell
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Stock Number, Description, Contents and Price | cyber-hobby.com 1/35 Accessory Sets for DML
Kit No. 6320 StuG III Ausf. G Early Production - Smart Kit:
Kit No. 3832, Set 1: 56 parts (48 etched brass, 2
preformed etched brass, 6 brass tubing sections); price about US $10.98 (NOTE: DML USA is offering a special deal on its website with both accessory kits and the base kit for US $59.98) |
Scale: | 1/35 |
Review Type: | First Look |
Advantages: | Upgrades the base kit with etched brass and provides both accessories and additional details |
Disadvantages: | Shell catcher is only available here and not in base kit; add-on kits somewhat defeat the concept of the "Smart Kit" |
Recommendation: | Highly Recommended (see text) for all German StuG III fans |
FirstLook
DML's boutique hobby line of cyber-hobby.com is now offering two
upgrade kits for their very nice new StuG III Ausf. G Early
Production kit, and each one covers different aspect s of the model.
Set 1 offers brass fenders with very nicely done non-slip patterning
as well as extra brass such as the exhaust deflector and the
attachment bolt strips for the casemate. It also provides brass
smoke grenade launchers for the casemate as well.
Set
2 offers interior parts – etched brass ammo racks, small arms (two
sets of their "WB" German sets with two MP40s, one MP44 and one
Gewehr 43 in each set), ammo pouches, a shell casing catch basket
for the 7.5 cm gun, two turned brass 7.5 cm rounds, and a turned
aluminum barrel. This set also includes a sheet of Cartograf decals
with three different finishing options, but as is unfortunately
consistent with these sets, no listing of who they belong to or
where these vehicles were serving. I personally find this an
annoying trait as it does not give any information to the general
modeler, and requires a very heavy library of references to ensure
you can determine which is which.
The directions still require you to
guess at where to insert the parts as they are not keyed to the
kit's directions. This would make them much more handy, given the
busy directions DML uses with their stock kits.
The one big ding on the original kit was the lack of the shell
catcher, and it is an odd thing to leave off.
Overall, these two kits answer the mail for many of the "must have
brass to be a good model" types out there, but the base kit (less
the boo-boo on the shell catcher) is fine as is so anyone not into
brass doesn't have to fear it being incomplete without the brass
parts.
Highly Recommended
Thanks to
Freddie Leung for the review sample.