Scale Military Modeller International – August 2019

Modern Armour

ryefield models

A

s far as I am aware there

are now three models of

this new German Infantry

Fighting Vehicle in this

scale on the market. In my humble opinion I

think that RFMs depiction is the nicest I have

seen so far. On opening the large box, I was

met with several sand coloured sprues with

very crisp and sharp detail moulded on, a

very comprehensive clear set for periscopes

and lenses should you wish to keep yours

clear, an etched fret, a length of very pliable

copper wire and a nice set of printed

markings. The tracks come on several sprues

and the detail on these is also very good. The

instruction booklet

seemed pretty

straightforward

but mine had the

instructions for

the tracks missing.

I understand that

this has now been

dealt with on models

now on the market. I

had to go on line to ind

out how they went together

before I started.

As seems to be the norm with

Ryeield Models they’ll have you build the

turret irst and so for once I did. From steps

1-5, I had no issues at all, and the it was

very good. In step 5 there is a choice on

whether to have the MG port open. If you

decide to do this, you may want to add a

little more detail around the weapon. Also,

when gluing part F60 take care when itting

this as the end that goes towards the

turret is meant to go inside one

of the holes in the protection

frame for the main gun.

The following steps from

here to 9 were again pretty straight

forward and the it good. The etched brass

sight protector that gets added in step 7

is a nice touch. Steps 10-14 deals with the

running gear here I used a steel rule just to

make sure the gaps in between the wheels

were all in line. It was now that I jumped

forward in the instructions and after itting

the side armour to the upper hull, then put

together the rear hull and ixed both these

to the lower hull. I just knew if I followed

the guide id go and break things of when

putting these together later. Also, it helped

me when working out whether to assemble

all of the tracks or just the ones that

would be seen. Now although

the tracks did take about a

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THE RYEFIELD KIT IS A FAIR OLD SIZE FOR A MODEL

Manufacturer: Ryefield Models

Scale: 1:

Kit Type: Plastic injection moulded

Kit Number: 5021

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