Kit: L3519
Reviewed by Bill Curtis (August 2010)
Our thanks to The Airbrush Company for supplying the review sample – get this great kit here now at: www.airbrushes.com
Initial assessment…
The kit comes in a card box with artwork on the front and contains five packets containing six sprues in light grey plastic. Also included an instruction sheet, a small etch brass set for the ammo collector basket and a few other parts to enhance the gun. The kit offers two options marked A type and B type which as far as I can see is for a weapon in action and the latter option for a towed gun. The wheels come in thee parts all well detailed and this will give a good tread pattern. Extra ammo is included of different types which will require careful painting. The trailer looks to be well moulded and straightforward to build.
Accuracy…
I have no plans of this gun but from comparison with photographs of this weapon the kit looks good. This is of course not an accurate assessment but it gives an indication.
Quality…
The quality of this kit is very good with fine moulded detail. The barrel is in one piece and the flash eliminator will need to be drilled out which although time consuming will look excellent once done. There are some small parting lines on some of the sprues but nothing to worry about.
Instructions…
These are printed in black on a white background and are of the exploded view type. Well printed and follow a logical sequence which is not too busy for each stage. I would have liked a note as to the differences between the two types as this is not apparent at first glance. The only painting instruction is from the box artwork which shows a weathered Dunkel Gelb (dark yellow) finish and this is the only downside of this kit.
There are no decals supplied.
To sum up…
This is again another excellent kit from Great Wall Hobby with fine moulded detail and it looks like it will be an easy build. As said my one criticism is the lack written information ref types and of painting instruction. Having said that, this does not detract from the fact that this is a very good kit and should build into a great replica straight from the box.
Highly recommended
Bill C.