ZVEZDA's Sd.Kfz.251/3 Ausf.B with some additions

Holger Kranich
The content looks seducing! So i wait till Revell brings it on the market for less money. At least i hope so!😢

Kerry COX
Holger. This kit is as cheap as chips mate. I payed $80.00 Au for the "C" Dragon kit delivered from BNA in Melbourne, but this kit was $40.00 delivered from "Frontline hobbies" here at Newcastle in N.S.W. And fully worth every cent.

Holger Kranich
Well that sounds nice, Kerry! A look at the sprues makes my mouth wet.🙂 Lets see what it cost in germany...

Holger Kranich
The cheapest offering is from Poland with 18,80€. My beloved hobbyshop wants 24,50€. So the price cant stop me from buying it!😄

Martin Oostrom
Now i wan't to buy one as well 🙂

Martin Oostrom
On the product page the prices are listed: scalemates.com/kits/106080-zvezda-3604-sd-kfz-251-3-ausf-b
Approx €25,- doesn't sound exessive

Holger Kranich
Welcome to the club, Martin! 😄8)

Kerry COX
It really is one of the best kits I have had to assemble, and as I always encourage everyone to do is Study the whole assembly in dry fit, as many times as possible as there are a couple of little things that will make a big difference later, and that is, the floor pan and the bits involved before the side walls and front end bits go together. And watch the rear end when the half shell has to go in, because the floor and side panels must be in the right place or you will run into a misfit, as I did, but that was before I glued.

Angel Yovtshev
Well done, mate!

Rui S
So nice kit but with engine problems hehehe😉😎

Kerry COX
Rui, hehehe, but all for effect, but not so much 'problems', but lets say 'in field maintenance'. As I am sure they were all aware of how to check on things. 😉
Angel, thanks too mate. 😉 I have had a ball building it, but now its on to the diorama stage. !!!

Gauge1TrainsDK
I appreciate the very thorough sprue pictures, they were a great help in assessing the kit's quality as far as flash and sharpness is concerned. It looks Dragon-like in quality, to be honest! Very impressed 🙂

Kerry COX
Gauge. That was why I posted all I could, as I had read a really terrible 'review' by some IPSM bloke in the US and he just ragged it all the way, but after my experience, I just HAD to set the record straight. It's an awesome kit and I am looking to buy some more, and just like 'Minniart', the detail is stunning. fortunately, that with their model making, it's not like their farm machinery quality some came to "expect of the Russians". 😉

Joerg R.
Nice built Kerry, if I remember correctly, there was an issue with the interior, which is for the Ausf. C! The Eduard set corrects this.

Kerry COX
Joerg. I am wondering what your meaning about the "C", as I have attempted to convert this "B" to what essentially will look like an "A".
Is there a conversion set that can be used for what I need to do. ? 🙂 👍

Holger Kranich
Whats the difference between A to B? Another engine?

Kerry COX
Hi Holger. 👍
I have been looking for the overall outward 'appearance' between the "A" and the "B", and all I can find so far are the vision slots, of which, four are in the rear compartment. But I must ask professor Rui for some help on this one, as most of the info I get is in German, and Ich spreche kein deutsch :-/

Holger Kranich
If you Need Translation, just let me know😢

Rui S
Hi Kezza,
I'm sending to your email, all the info you need😉

Holger Kranich
Maybe this here helps?
pietvanhees.nl/251/

Kerry COX
OK. here comes the life brigade to the rescue. LOL 👍
Holger and Rui, I have just had a look at the "A" version that I am making out of the "B", and I have it right. 4 viewing slots and ariels in the right place, plus, I have added doors to my storage bins on the side.

Rui S
Hehehe, its uploading...
I just hope they don't overwhelm you😎

Kerry COX
Sweet. I am getting the impression I have got it right. 🙂

Kerry COX
I also took delivery today of the character who is resting with his back up againstt the rear wheel and straw all around him. 🙂

Rui S
I can comment photo 87, with, within the cheapest price and, I love OOB... 👍

Kerry COX
The more I work on this kit, the better it seems to get.
Image 87. ?

Rui S
Yes.
YOUR PHOTO COMMENT: "Now you know why I love this model company, as the detail they have included that would cost you so much more to buy as an "Add on" is all there, included in the price. 🙂 "

MY COMMENT: "included within the cheapest price and, I love OOB"

Bart Goesaert
nice and fine...

Kerry COX
Bart, it is almost too fragile. :-O
The aerial is just stunning in the way they have got it to behave.

Kerry COX
Here in images 89 and 90 is the little relaxing trooper, in his huge coat . There is just so much 'expression' in the figures face. Resin figures are now being made by 3d printers for the blanks. 🙂🙂

Bart Goesaert
even when you are not into painting figures one would be tempted to try at least one more time when looking at these... are these costly?

Kerry COX
I got them from this mob and very cheap.
d.aliexpress.com/ali..sg_id=19318260586761$059d0fb8f6a44bb1b4f621f0c7b33ded&ck=in_edm_other.

Kerry COX
It's a big web site in China, and you have to look for toy and hobbies and see what is on offer. aliexpress.com/item/..09-9934-c84579ce1a0d

Holger Kranich
Some real nice figures! Just a pitty that my figure painting skills are basicly not available...

Rui S
@ Kezza, it's done ... .)

Joerg R.
Kerry, I meant, that the Interior from Ausf. A and B differs from the later versions of Ausf. C and D😉 Eduards Photoetchset for Zvezdas Ausf. B fixes that problem.

Kerry COX
Rui, at 5.29AM Friday, the we file is downloading and a huge file too. :-O Thanks mate. 🙂
Joerg, I will look at the eduard at a next time, (there WILL be more), for the correction kit. Cheers for letting me know. 👍
And Holger, Yes mate, these figures are really well made and I will now be going through what I can find on 'figure painting' now to get the best result. 🙂 👍
Bart. Did you get to see the link to the figures I posted. ? The second link I believe will put you right on the slot I was thinking of, so let me know if I can narrow it down a bit for you. 🙂

Rui S
Hi Kezza,
5,29AM??? do you sleep at all?
Be welcome Mate, just let me know when ypu see what's inside, and thanks for sharing that link. It's spot on Mate. 👍

Kerry COX
Rui. My friend. :-O
What can I say. ???
I have just spent the last hour looking at all the colour plates alone. WOW.
THEN. !! A quick flick through the Images of all the different places it was used and I am now. ADDICTED. !
I want more. LOL 🙂
The PDF file is extensive and all in German, but this is where I get my translator working to figure out a few things, but that is good, as I need to be a bit more 'knowledgeable' if I am to spruke what I know at the next Comp. !!
So many new ideas have come to mind on what I can add without making it look 'overdone' in the add on department. 🙂
Thank you a million times to you and ALL my mates from all over for helping me understand a whole lot more about this amazing vehicle. 👍 👍 👍
Rui, I also noticed some 250's in the images too. 😉

Kerry COX
Rui, I do hang from some rails in my closet to sleep occasionally. LOL, but I am just so active, I try to utilize all the time I am awake for something productive, and when you get older, you will find you want to do so much more with time, as there is not much left of it. hahahahahah 🙂 🙂

Kerry COX
BTW. I now know where to put the wires that come from the antenna's on the side of the hull. 👍.
I also noted some small battery packs with wires running to connectors on the hull on top of the right rear fender, below the two shovels. That will be included in my dio too. 🙂
And I do believe the two protrusions either side of the drivers compartment, just in front of the side viewing slots are the oil coolers. OR, can they be something else. ? But that is what they look like to me. :-/

Rui S
Mate,
I've told previously somewhere, that I love some colour plates, but you also have PDFs not only in German, but also Russian, English, French and Pole. And yes, some are about 251 and 250 too.
Enjoy😉

Kerry COX
Rui, 🙂 I will assure you my enjoyment on this matter is huge. 🙂 But I will investigate the Pdf's now they are all here.
Cheers again Professor Rui. 👍

Choppa Nutta
Ooooh 🙂

Kerry COX
Hi Choppa. 🙂 It's a great kit. 🙂

Bart Goesaert
Hey Kezza, thx for the link, will check these out. First link doesn't work, second one does.

Kerry COX
Bart. I am pleased it went well. I payed $6.50 for each figure and when they arrive, they are so well packed, it is quite hard to access what you get. Excellent really, but they come with a couple of heads capped and different types..👍

Rui S
Kezza, I'm no "professor" nor something similar.
Just Like to help and to exchange and share information.😉

Kerry COX
Rui. Calling to 'professor', It is a term of endearment, or if you like, utmost respect. 👍
maybe you haven't noticed, but we all come to you for your knowledge.🙂
👍 👍 👍

Holger Kranich
Ya have a question regarding armor? Ask Rui!😢

Rui S
NAAAHHH, Mate, but thank you for your endearment words. 🙂

Roberto Rocat
I'm in 🙂

herbert otto gille
have this 1 in stash as also the revell one 🙂

Rui S
Mate, I Don't think they are oil coolers but a "changing direction device with pivot arm" 👍 like in the old cars... similar to this ones:
olx.pt/anuncio/pisca..raqh.html#f3f3b73a3e
or:
google.pt/search?q=o..bX0LYgQA&spf=439
but with cover.
It's an Ausf A so they where used in early war...

Alistair Graham
Love that cantilever toolbox, identical design to the one I made as an apprentice engineering fitter in 1976. I want one

Kerry COX
So many friends dropping in. 👍. I love it. hahahaha
And Rui, I am amazed to think that they had indicators in the battle field. :-O :-O :-O, but it makes sense. Yet no mention of them have I found yet. Now that is a thing that has really got me determined to find out, and I do remember the early British cars with these in the door pillars.👍
Alistair, the tool box is by "Voyager Models", and four boxes on the sheet of brass. Item number PEA 269. google.com.au/url?sa..152180690,bs.2,d.dGc
Herbert, I am yet to have a look at the Revelle kit, or at least a review on one, as I do plan to add some more variants to what is now becoming a 'collection' of 251's. 👍

Kerry COX
Alistair, I have an album on the tool boxes too. "Voyager" Etched brass German tool boxes. | Album by RedRoo

Rui S
Hi Kezza,
Not needed in battle field yes, but in columns and parades from the early years. They were called the Wehrmacht taxis, hehehe.
You can also see them in the Sd.Kfz 10, 1 Ton half track, trucks, etc. I'm posting some photos for you, in the MT4

Rui S
Kezza, Take a Look in the
MT4: MT4 | Album by mig (1:35)

Kerry COX
I see what you mean Rui. So, what I have done is OK anyway really, and I am to assume that the same device was on the "C" too.

Rui S
Yes, as I said previously you have simulated the turning signal device not the oil coolers😎

Kerry COX
COOL. C-)

Rui S
Hi kezza,
It's done Mate:
MT4 | Album by mig (1:35)

Kerry COX
Rui, I have just seen MIG, and exactly as I thought after my looking through the decal sheets I had as spares here. 👍

Rui S
👍

Choppa Nutta
That tool box is awesome !
figures are great too 🙂

Kerry COX
Choppa, hopefully I can do the figures justice mate, and the tool box I did an album on if you care to have a look see. ?
"Voyager" Etched brass German tool boxes. | Album by RedRoo

Rui S
Hi kezza,
A bit more info about Guderians 2 Panzer Army:
MT4 | Album by mig (1:35)
Hope you Like it 😎

Kerry COX
I love anything you got mate, as I know it will be right on target. 🙂