Side armor screens for the Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär early version in 1:35 scale are a photo-etched add-on set from Voyager Model for a kit you already own: it is not a model of the vehicle but brass parts that replace the coarser plastic screens.
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This is a photo-etched add-on set from Voyager Model, not a kit of the vehicle. It replaces the plastic side screens with thin brass sheet, so the model gets a thickness injection-molded plastic cannot offer. For the build you need your own model of the early version of the Sturmpanzer IV in 1:35 scale.
The Sturmpanzer IV, nicknamed the Brummbär, was a German tracked assault vehicle of the Second World War built on the chassis of the Panzer IV tank. In a closed armored superstructure it carried a short 15 cm howitzer meant for destroying fortifications and built-up areas. The early batch of 1943 differed from the later configurations in the shape of the superstructure and in the placement of the external equipment, which is why add-on sets are always tied to one particular development stage. The side screens were thin steel plates hung on brackets above the running gear; they were to catch or deflect a hit before it reached the hull armor itself.
The main reason to reach for photo-etched parts on the screens is precisely the scale thickness: plastic parts tend to be several times thicker than the subject calls for, and on a finished model it is visible at a glance. Separate the parts from the fret with a sharp scalpel on a hard surface, not with nippers, which would ripple them. Level the remains of the tabs with a fine file, working from the edge inwards. Before gluing, degrease the brass with alcohol, because paint holds poorly on smooth metal, and lay on a thin base coat. They are glued with cyanoacrylate in a minimal dose; excess runs into the engraved detail and dulls it. Metal will also take a slight dent or bend, so suggested combat damage to the screens looks more convincing than on plastic.
The set is supplied unassembled and unpainted. The kit of the vehicle, the glue and the paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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