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« Last post by H0ffmn on July 31, 2023, 10:58:52 pm »
If you do opt to model the WG 38t as an earlier Ausf A thru Ausf C, you would need
to shape the front upper hull at an angle, along the lines of, say a Panzer IV Ausf D or E, building up the front left upper hull by the machine gun area on the 38t Aust A thru C.,moving it forwards. You would have to rebuilt the upper hull access hatch at the radio operators position, thin the upper hull and front turret armor plates, and add a riveted plate around the turret machine gun position. For the Ausf A and B, you would need to redo the exhaust, lowering it, and instead of leaving the exhaust to the muffler angled, you would have to make the exhaust pipe go straight into the muffler . On the Ausf A and B models, you would need to remove the splash ring around the turret as well.
I guess you could always just use the Panzer 38t Aust E as it is. I'm sure a lot of people do,and how many people would know,or care if you did. If that were the case, then ,why stop there? Just make a single Panzer III Ausf J,and proxy it it as a Panzer III Ausf E,or as any German tank?
I like to model and use the correct tank model for the correct time period. I'm sure that there are others that do as well. That is why I brought up the question to Rubicon to possibly make a Panzer 38t in the future. I hope that they do.
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