Aber 1:48 turned barrel for the 88 mm PaK 43/1 L/71 for the Sd.Kfz. 164 replaces the plastic barrel of the Nashorn tank destroyer with a precise metal part. It is not a kit of the vehicle but a detail accessory.
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An accessory from the Polish manufacturer Aber from its range of turned barrels. The metal part machined on a lathe replaces the plastic barrel from the base kit: it has a precise round cross section, a cleanly cut muzzle and no lengthwise parting seam left by the mold. In 1:48 scale the barrel is long and very slender, so even a small warp of a plastic part is immediately visible on a finished model. This is a part for a kit, not a model of the vehicle.
Behind the designation Sd.Kfz. 164 stands the German self-propelled anti-tank gun known as the Nashorn, earlier the Hornisse. It came about on a chassis derived from the Panzer III and IV tanks and carried in an open superstructure the long gun of 88 mm caliber PaK 43/1 L/71, that is one of the most effective anti-tank weapons of its day. The vehicle was deployed from 1943 and its weakness was the lightly armored open fighting superstructure, which protected the crew only against splinters. It is precisely the conspicuously long barrel that gives the whole vehicle its characteristic silhouette.
Degrease the metal part with alcohol or mineral spirits, otherwise the paint will not hold. Carefully adjust the hole in the mantlet with a round file, so that the barrel sits without pressure and does not droop. It is glued with a thicker cyanoacrylate glue or with two-part epoxy; ordinary cement for plastic does not work on metal. Apply a primer for metal before painting, and only then the base shade. With a barrel this long, see to it that it stays on the axis while drying, ideally by laying the model down so that nothing presses on it. Darken the muzzle and the muzzle brake and dust them lightly with soot.
The accessory is supplied unpainted and without the base kit. Glue, paints and other accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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