About 2 Marder II kits

I don't know anything about the Alan kit, but I built the Tamiya one many moons ago. It went together pretty easily and makes into a nice kit. Unfortunately, I can't rattle off all the inaccuracies. You can add goodies like pe and am barrel. Depends on your taste and budget.

There's a whole bunch of goodies for the Alan Marder 2D.

From what I remember the gun and the fighting compartment are the weak point of this kit and really need replacing.

There are several aftermarket kits available to handle this job.

Check out R&J Enterprises for the aftermarket kits for the Alan Marder. They know what is needed to bring the kit up to snuff.

http://www.rjproducts.com/

Thank you tigerman and latch66 for all the info. The price I paid for these two kits on ebay sounds to me well worth my money. Even if i have to purchase aftermarket accessories it sounds to me that it will be well worth the money for them. Happy Modelling, Bryan

Latch,
i may be an idiot,
or maybe it is too early for thinking,
but how do you search for items for a particular kit on R&J's site?
i have an Alan Marder also, and thought i would see what they have,
but i cannot figure out how to find it other than search under every manufacturer
of conversions and accessories that they list.

what did i miss?

ed.

The Alan kit has this annoying seam going along the length of the hull sides. Nothing a bunch of putty and sand paper can't take care of. Another annoying flaw is the exhaust deflector has a bunch of knock out marks on it. The curved surface and small part make it difficult to handle this area. I bought the Italeri Zis-3 Soviet towed gun to replace the kit gun. Of course, I got a great deal on the gun (like $2).

Here's what you need:
http://www.track-link.net/articles/27

Thanx for the great link ericadeane, now I cant wait to get the kit to be here!!!!!! So I can start spending more money.

Thanks for the link, Eric. I've got a Tamiya Marder II on the shelf. This will definately help me a lot. I've got almost all of an Eduard Pz II PE set that I had extra (I had to buy 2) from my Tamiya Pz II F/G. A lot of it should fit the Marder II!