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Title: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: Rubicon Models on October 08, 2014, 11:13:54 am
Our very first Blog Review:
by Guy Bowers, editor of Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy magazine

Here is the link: http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pw/wss/blog/first-look-rubicon-panzer-iii/

Enjoy!
Title: Re: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: zigoR on October 10, 2014, 01:43:47 am
Nice! Looking forward to built m own rubicon panzer iii :)
Title: Re: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: Porkmann on October 11, 2014, 05:55:05 pm
It looks good but does it really have smooth front turret armour?  There we're many prominent rivets/bolts on the real thing!
Title: Re: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: Rubicon Models on October 11, 2014, 06:41:24 pm
Quote from: Porkmann on October 11, 2014, 05:55:05 pm
It looks good but does it really have smooth front turret armour?  There we're many prominent rivets/bolts on the real thing!
It was on the original design, but somehow they were dropped (for some reasons) during the mold production.  We did look at the drawings again, should not be too difficult to add them back... before the next batch are produced.

The release of 6 kits at the same time really spin us around...  Thanks for the reminder!
:-\
Title: Re: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: Porkmann on October 11, 2014, 09:32:54 pm
Thanks for that RM.  I will be waiting until they are added.  Will you announce this when it happens?

I see Warlord have their PZ IV on the way on November!  I wonder which will get here first?

Very exciting.
Title: Re: Panzer III Blog Review by WSS Magazine
Post by: ripley on October 12, 2014, 11:11:03 pm
 The  bolts were prominent on the Panzer III  L and M  mounting the 50mm gun that had the added spaced armour . It was removed on the 75mm gunned N as weight saving measure . ( Encyclopedia Of German Tanks -Chamberlain , Doyle & Jentz ).  An easy fix as Meng has sheets of plastic bolts and rivets , a great help to the scratch buidler ,   add the missing parts yourself   :)