Thanks Abe and Ed!
Yep, I started with the Tamiya F/B. Part of the extremely high cost, though, was because I bought 3 PE sets for it. (One of them just to replace some parts sacrificed to the god of twezerpult in the first set.)
My sig has a picture of the completed kit. If you can find the Eduard set, it goes a long way toward fixing it up. You can carve off & file down the tread pattern and the tools on the fenders then use the kit parts to replace them. One thing I wouldn't do again is to use the jerry can rack on the rear of the right fender, though. Not because there was anything wrong with it (other than being fragile), but because I haven't found any pictures of a Pz II with one one it. If your budget will allow, I'd definately replace the tracks with either Model Kasten or Friulmodelessemo. I went with the Fruils and had no problems with them. However, unless you want to hastle with the kit drive sprockets having the wrong spacing for the teeth, you'll have to replace them too. A set of Fruils is about $7. I know it's hard to spend that much on a $9 kit, believe me!
There was an article on detailing this kit in FSM about 3 years ago. It's actually what started me actively modeling armor. I can look up the issue, if you want..
All in all, it was a pretty fun build, and let me get my feet wet with PE, indy tracks, and some light scratch building.
If I can help at all, let me know!
Bill
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