A metal barrel 75 mm StuK 40 L/48 with a Saukopf mantlet, pattern 1 from Voyager Model in 1:35 scale is an add-on set for a plastic kit you already own, not a model. The turned metal part replaces the plastic barrel from the box.
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The package holds a turned metal accessory for building the German StuG III Ausf.G assault gun of late production in 1:35 scale. It is not a kit of the vehicle and not a finished model — it is a replacement part, which the modeler uses in place of the plastic barrel from the base kit. That therefore has to be obtained separately.
The StuG III Ausf.G is the late production version of the German assault gun built on the chassis of the Panzer III tank. The main armament was a 75 mm StuK 40 gun with a barrel 48 calibers long. Late vehicles received, instead of the angular welded mantlet, a cast streamlined shielding of the barrel, for whose shape the designation Saukopf took hold. It is precisely this combination of barrel and mantlet that the set reproduces.
An injection-molded barrel is put together from two halves, so it carries a parting gap along its whole length. When you sand it down, the fine stepping of the surface goes with it and the barrel often narrows or ripples slightly. A turned metal part is finished in one piece, has an exactly circular cross section, holds its straightness even over a greater length and the muzzle is drilled to a real depth. Both filling and sanding fall away and the result is the same every time.
Degrease the part with spirit before gluing and let it dry thoroughly — neither glue nor paint holds on greasy metal. Metal is glued with cyanoacrylate in small drops, and on heavier assemblies more reliably with two-part epoxy. Never apply paint straight onto bare metal; use a base meant for metal surfaces first, otherwise the layer will peel off at the first touch.
The set is an accessory for a plastic kit, which is not part of the package. Glue, paints and other materials are not enclosed.
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