AFV Club 251 Ausf.D / 9

[James Tainton]

Well I've started this one


the floor plate part


the side pieces have tounges that fit into slots on the floor part.


the side armour parts

[johnnyboy]

hi james i was wondering what you think of this kit i almost bought it but my good buddy alpinflage talked me into getting the king tiger porsche from dragon so maybe i will pick this kit up this week.anyway hows the fig that comes with it.and what do you think of the detail.thanks johnny

[general zod]

I wonder how this kit is compared to the DML version Does the AFV Club version have indy links?

[panther]

I have built this kit. I had no problem with the top fitting to the sides at the back end of the kit but for me the front end didn't fit too good. I do like the way mine turned out. It turns out to be a nice looking kit. I am planning on building the DML one next.
Good luck
Mike

[James Tainton]

Originally posted by johnnyboy@Oct 15 2004, 08:14 PM
hi james i was wondering what you think of this kit i almost bought it but my good buddy alpinflage talked me into getting the king tiger porsche from dragon so maybe i will pick this kit up this week.anyway hows the fig that comes with it.and what do you think of the detail.thanks johnny

The figure is from Hobby Fan so the quality is pretty good, (although the cleaning rod is straight due to being made of resin. I'll replace that with wood or plastic rod) here's a pic.

[James Tainton]

Originally posted by general zod@Oct 16 2004, 05:51 PM
I wonder how this kit is compared to the DML version Does the AFV Club version have indy links?

I haven't finished building both of them yet but as you have seen the DML Kannonwagen version has its problems- the Afv one is nice in some ways but it has some flaws as well -as you will see. The tracks are the rubber band type made of a very soft rubbery type material- seems to have nice detail. A picture.

[James Tainton]

Originally posted by panther@Oct 16 2004, 07:16 PM
I have built this kit. I had no problem with the top fitting to the sides at the back end of the kit but for me the front end didn't fit too good. I do like the way mine turned out. It turns out to be a nice looking kit. I am planning on building the DML one next.
Good luck
Mike

you oughta post a picture or two of your finished piece- I'm sure others would like to see besides me

[Tuna]

I think the figure is only offered in the early runs of the kit... so grab one while you can!!!.. Actually.. I would've rather waited for DML.. more bang for the money..

[James Tainton]

Originally posted by Tuna@Oct 24 2004, 05:23 PM
I think the figure is only offered in the early runs of the kit... so grab one while you can!!!.. Actually.. I would've rather waited for DML.. more bang for the money..

I don't know about that- I think accuracy wise the AFV version is better. see the build report I'm doing on the DML one.
I have been working in the real world a lot and also lately not too inspired but got back to this build again today. I thought this would be a nice build after the issues I had with the DML version but bang! I hit another major design/fit issue with this kit. For the most part it does look to be pretty nice though. I guess neither kit is perfect.
The issue I ran into is the front suspension. The leaf spring bracket and the axle bracket match do not work. Also the front shock absorber(?) parts are in the way when fitting the leaf spring part.
This is a situation that can be fixed but its not pretty.


(in this pic the leaf spring needs to be spun 180 degrees horizontally. I took the pic like this to show the faults.)

[James Tainton]

I've done this all with no real good reference - anyone have a good picture of the suspension fron underneath.