Photo-etched side skirts for the PzKpfw IV Ausf. H and J and the Brummbär in 1:72 from the maker Aber. A metal replacement for the plastic protective plates at a scale thickness.
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A photo-etched metal set in 1:72 scale from the Polish maker Aber. It is not a kit but a detail accessory: it replaces the plastic side skirts, that is the protective plates hung along the sides of the hull. The set is cut for the late versions of the Panzer IV medium tank, that is the Ausf. H and Ausf. J, and for the Brummbär assault gun built on the same chassis.
The side skirts, Schürzen in German, were fitted to German vehicles from 1943 as protection for the thin sides against anti-tank rifles and shaped-charge rounds. The Ausf. H and J versions are the most numerous late form of the Panzer IV, on which the plates were standard equipment. The Brummbär, officially the Sturmpanzer IV, was a heavily armored assault gun with a 150 mm howitzer meant to support infantry in built-up areas. The plates bent and went missing in the field, and that can be put to good use on a model.
Separate the parts with a sharp scalpel on a hard mat and never break them out by twisting. Make the bends in a photo-etch bending tool or between two steel rulers. A natural look comes from bending the individual plates slightly, and you can leave one or two out altogether, because they were commonly lost in the field. Glue with cyanoacrylate glue; on the hangers a small drop of two-part epoxy holds better. Degrease the metal before painting and use a base coat intended for metals, and only then acrylic or enamel, followed by a wash and pigments.
This is a detail accessory, not a complete kit of a vehicle. Glue, paints and the base model are not included in the package.
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