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--- blog:military:models_stug3g [2025/08/09 17:38] – [In Progress Images (kit #2)] john
+++ blog:military:models_stug3g [2025/08/15 16:31] (current) – [In Progress Images (kit #1)] john
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 Email sent to <support@miniart-models.com>, as well as https://www.emodels.co.uk to ask if replacements are available. For now, this goes back in the box.
+Replacement sprue received from eModels (15/08/2025):
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-Next is building up the wheels. These are a massive pain. Every wheel is two part, including the tiny return rollers. Most of them go together quite easily, with a flat mounting face and 'peg' design, but the main road wheels, of there are 24 parts, is really tricky. The road wheels don't have an easy mounting face to glue the two halves together, just 5 tiny little pegs that are supposed to keep them the right distance apart.
+Next is building up the wheels. These are a massive pain. Every wheel is two part, including the tiny return rollers. Most of them go together quite easily, with a flat mounting face and 'peg' design, but the main road wheels, which are in 24 parts, are really tricky. The road wheels don't have an easy mounting face to glue the two halves together, just 5 tiny little pegs that are supposed to keep them the right distance apart. Not all of them ended up aligned perfectly.
+I decided to drill out the holes in the road wheels slightly as these seemed to be //very// tight when attempting to locate on the axles. Since it's clear the axles are a weak link in this kit it's not worth the risk.
 I //hated// this part:
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+Adding main gun, hatches and additional details:
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+Framework for the additional //schurtzen// armour plates being built. This looks a bit more structural and a little easier to put together than the parts on the [[:blog:military:models_panzer4j|Dragon Panzer IV]] kit:
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