Description
Reviewed by Andrew Judson
Media and Contents: 696 light grey plastic parts; 16 photo etched-parts on two small frets and a set of decals for three vehicles
Advantages: Crisply moulded; high level of detail; link and length tracks.
Disadvantages:A lot of holding points on some of the parts, or they are quite large, which means careful removal and maybe a little sanding.
Recommendation: Suitable for moderate modelling skills.
Looking inside the box, there are 11 sprues of grey plastic and the vehicle’s lower tub, with a total plastic count of 696 parts. There are 16 photo etched-parts on two small frets and a set of decals for three vehicles. There is also a 12 page instruction book, with well-illustrated and easy to follow steps to build, and three pages of colour profile drawings for the different schemes.
The parts themselves look very clean with little or no flash, although there seems to be a lot of holding points on some of the parts, or they are quite large, which means careful removal and maybe a little sanding. No biggie to me.
Sequence of construction is fairly standard, starting with the lower tup and hull, then the upper. The Flak gun is last to construct and then installed.
I like that the tracks are link and length with track sag included. They seem well detailed, athough I’m sure many may opt for workable aftermarket ones. Either way, it will look good.
Border Model has been fairly active of late, bringing us some nice new releases to choose from, and here we are presented with another: a 1:35 scale Mobelwagon with a 3.7cm Flak for anti-aircraft
purposes.
Conclusion
I quite like the offering Border has given us here, certainly a little update over the older Tamiya from some time ago.If you like German armour, and a good quality kit, then this won’t disappoint at all.