1:35 Hetzer fenders is a photo-etched accessory set for a plastic kit you have already bought, not a model in its own right. It replaces the oversized plastic fenders of the Hetzer tank destroyer with metal parts at a scale thickness.
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An accessory set of photo-etched metal from the Czech maker Hauler. It holds no model of the vehicle nor its main parts - it is an improvement for a kit you already have at home, and it is cut for one particular kit, from Tamiya. The set deals with one of the most visible weak points of plastic models of armored equipment: the fenders. Injection-molded plastic cannot be thinner than about half a millimeter, which in 1:35 scale corresponds to plate over a centimeter thick. Photo-etch has a thickness of a few tenths of a millimeter and the impression is put right at a stroke.
The Hetzer, that is, the Jagdpanzer 38(t), was a German light tank destroyer of the end of the Second World War built on the proven chassis of a light tank of Czechoslovak design. In a low, steeply sloped hull it carried a 75 mm gun. The vehicle was small, fairly cheap to produce and was built in large numbers, and after the war it stayed in service with several armies. Its fenders were of thin sheet and in service they commonly got bent, torn or went missing altogether - period photographs show how differently the vehicles looked.
First remove the original fenders from the plastic and level the area where the metal is to go. Cut the parts out on a hard surface with a sharp scalpel, not with nippers, which make the metal wavy. Sand the remains after cutting down with a fine file. Before gluing, degrease the metal with spirit or detergent and let it dry completely - grease from the fingers is the commonest reason paint then fails to hold. It is glued with super glue, as glue for polystyrene does not work on metal. It is precisely with fenders that it pays to use the main advantage of photo-etch: metal keeps its shape, so you can imitate a bow, a tear or a missing section. Apply a primer meant for metal before painting, or the paint will peel off the smooth surface.
This is an accessory for a plastic kit. The kit, glue, paints and tools are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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