Pz.Kpfw. IV, photo-etched fender covers 1:48 are an aftermarket accessory from the Czech maker Hauler. They replace the coarse plastic fender flaps with thin photo-etched brass.
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A set of photo-etched parts for refining the fenders of the German medium tank Pz.Kpfw. IV in 1:48 scale. It is not a kit of the tank but an accessory that is mounted onto a finished plastic hull. The set is cut for a particular kit, the Tamiya one, so the parts fit without much adjusting.
On the real vehicle the front and rear sections of the fenders were thin sheet-metal flaps mounted on hinges. They could be folded down and in field service they often bent, deformed or went missing altogether. It is exactly here that a plastic kit is at its weakest: an injection-molded part has to be many times thicker than the sheet of the subject because of the mold, and seen from the side the thickness is immediately visible. Photo-etched brass has a real thickness of tenths of a millimeter and solves the problem once and for all.
Cut the parts off the fret with a sharp scalpel on a hard surface and never tear them out. Make the bends in a bending tool or on the edge of a metal rule and glue with cyanoacrylate, ideally the gel kind, which gives time for positioning. Degrease the brass with alcohol before painting and spray it with primer, otherwise the paint does not hold and rubs off during handling. A slightly crumpled or folded-down flap looks more credible on a finished model than a perfectly straight part.
This is an accessory, not a standalone kit. It is supplied unassembled and unpainted; the base model, glue and paints are not included in the package.
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