A photo-etched set of side skirts, Schürzen for the StuG IV Sd.Kfz.167, in 1:35 scale from Eduard. An accessory for a kit, not a model of the vehicle.
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A set of photo-etched parts from the Czech manufacturer Eduard focused on the side skirts, in German Schürzen, of the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun in 1:35 scale. It is not a kit of the vehicle, but a specialized accessory for the matching plastic model. Check the extent of the set and the number of parts on the box.
The side skirts were thin armor plates hung on brackets along the sides of the hull and around the superstructure. They protected the vehicle from antitank rifle rounds and from shaped-charge ammunition by making the round detonate at a standoff from the main armor. On a model they are very conspicuous and at the same time very thin surfaces that injection-molded plastic cannot render faithfully, because production needs many times the thickness of material. Photo-etched sheet erases this difference and also allows the skirts to be bent, shot through or left out entirely, as commonly looked on the vehicles of the period.
The Sturmgeschütz IV with the designation Sd.Kfz.167 joined the chassis of the Panzer IV tank with the fighting superstructure of the StuG III Ausf.G assault gun and carried the 7.5 cm StuK 40 gun with a barrel 48 calibers long. It was produced from the end of 1943, and the side skirts belonged with it for most of its service.
Separate both the skirts and the hanging brackets with a scalpel on a hard surface and bend them in a photo-etch bender so that the bend comes out crisp and straight. Glue them with super glue, and on long parts use the gel variant, which gives you time to align them. If you want to damage the skirts, bend the sheet before gluing and use a round tool so that the deformation looks natural. Degrease the metal before painting and go over it with primer.
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