A photo-etched Normandy cowling for the Cromwell in 1:48 scale from the Czech maker Hauler adds a modification used during the fighting of 1944 to a model.
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A small photo-etched set, not a kit of the tank. It is cut for the Tamiya kit and adds a cowling in the form the machines carried during the fighting in Normandy. Sheet of a scale thickness is decisive on covers and casings - because of the mold a plastic part has to have a wall several times thicker, and its edges then look coarse.
The Cromwell was a British cruiser tank with a Rolls-Royce Meteor engine, committed from the Normandy landings in 1944 onwards. In the field the machines went through a range of workshop and improvised modifications, which differed from unit to unit and changed during the campaign. That is exactly why period photographs of the same type often differ markedly, and accessory sets of this kind make it possible to build a specific machine rather than just a generic type.
Dry-fit the part several times before gluing and mark in pencil where it has to sit - with photo-etch the position cannot be shifted afterwards once the super glue has taken. Brass can be briefly annealed over a flame before shaping so that it softens; once cooled it bends markedly more easily and does not spring back. Degrease the surfaces with alcohol and apply a primer for metal. Because this is a part added beyond the basic structure, it pays to paint it separately and fit it only after the base coat, so that the shade and the weathering can be worked on independently of the hull.
This is an accessory for building a model. The base kit, glue and paints are not included in the package.
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