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A Hauler photo-etched set for the Pz.38(t) Ausf.E/F tank in 1:48 scale is an accessory for a plastic kit you have already bought, not a model in its own right. It adds thin metal sheet, grilles and grab handles.
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An aftermarket set of photo-etched parts from the Czech maker Hauler meant for the kit of the Pz.38(t) light tank in the Ausf.E/F version. It is not a kit of the tank but an accessory for a model you buy separately. The set is etched for the Tamiya kit.
The Pz.38(t) grew out of a light tank developed in interwar Czechoslovakia and after 1939 was taken into German service. It was armed with a 37 mm gun and had a riveted hull. The Ausf.E and F versions were marked by heavier frontal armor, which was arranged by means of added armor plates - and on a model it is precisely those overlapping plates and their fastening where thin photo-etch looks better than plastic.
With photo-etch the order of the painting matters as much as the fitting itself. A tried and tested procedure has three levels. Parts that will disappear inside or under the superstructure once assembled are painted while still on the fret. Parts that form a continuous surface with the hull are glued onto the unpainted model and painted along with it, or a difference in shade will show. Leave the most fragile elements, such as grab handles, eyes or thin grilles, until the end - paint them separately and glue them on after the main varnishing, so that they survive handling. Grilles, incidentally, should never be filled with paint from a brush; the sprayed coat has to be thin, or an opening turns into a surface.
Degreasing with spirit and a primer are compulsory. Run the bends along the line over a metal ruler, and glue with super glue applied with a piece of wire.
The set is an accessory for a plastic kit; it is not a model in its own right. The kit, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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