 ww2modeler wrote: |
| Looks great, was the turned aluminum barrel included in the kit? |
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Yep. It's in #6253, which is the older kit, but was recently re-released as kit # 6406. The re-release, #6406, doesn't have the alum barrel if I understand correctly. But they've apparently also re-released it in its original #6253 form, complete with all the AM-type stuff.
You get the plastic 2-piece barrel plus the alum one, 2 commanders cupolas, 3 loaders hatches, 2 sets of outer roadhweels, 2 sets of skirts (1 metal), 2 glacis plates, 2 sets of fender flaps (1 set metal). You also get metal cables (plus the plastic ones if you prefer to use them), your choice of plastic or metal exhaust shrouds...lots of stuff like that. Even the pioneer tools (shovels, axe, etc) come both with and without the molded-on clamps - plus you get the PE clamps, too. Man, I'm gonna need a bigger spares box.
The only thing I felt compelled to add after-market, for accuracy, is the Zim, for which I'm going with Cavalier. I also went with the Friul tracks, just because I have trouble with Dragon's snap-togethers, and the TW interior.