Time to slow down a tad and take on something that will take a while to build.
This UHU from AFV Club has been residing in the stash far too long but there have been reasons (modelling reasons) why it has only just come to the top of the pile.
One, and a very serious one is that for some reason AFV Club left off a major component from the kit. Located behind the drivers seats should be a huge 8KW diesel generator. For some reason, this fairly simple box shaped part was totally omitted from the kit. Instead, they used an extended roof section over the front of the rear compartment that would cover the generator but, sadly, not hide it.
In fairness, this is historically accurate as there is at least one picture showing a UHU with the extended roof. But there should still be a generator below it.
The other slight niggling thing is that the Infra Red Lamp, a kit in itself, has many internal components including photo etch louver strips which, when built can never be seen unless the model depicts the lamp under maintenance when the covers are removed. in normal use, these parts are invisible even if the front protective cover is open as it should be a virtually opaque red filter at the front. I have mulled this over a lot in the past as to whether I should have the lamp open just to see these parts but I have finally made my mind up and the lamp will be closed. I hate high detail parts that will never be seen.
So, the biggest issue, the generator has been solved as I have purchased a Blast Models (France) upgrade set for this kit which not only contains the generator block but corrects and adds to the vehicle detail.
Should be fun
So here are the many parts.
AFV Club do indi link tracks for this but the rubber band ones are very nicely moulded so I will stick with these for now
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This UHU from AFV Club has been residing in the stash far too long but there have been reasons (modelling reasons) why it has only just come to the top of the pile.
One, and a very serious one is that for some reason AFV Club left off a major component from the kit. Located behind the drivers seats should be a huge 8KW diesel generator. For some reason, this fairly simple box shaped part was totally omitted from the kit. Instead, they used an extended roof section over the front of the rear compartment that would cover the generator but, sadly, not hide it.
In fairness, this is historically accurate as there is at least one picture showing a UHU with the extended roof. But there should still be a generator below it.
The other slight niggling thing is that the Infra Red Lamp, a kit in itself, has many internal components including photo etch louver strips which, when built can never be seen unless the model depicts the lamp under maintenance when the covers are removed. in normal use, these parts are invisible even if the front protective cover is open as it should be a virtually opaque red filter at the front. I have mulled this over a lot in the past as to whether I should have the lamp open just to see these parts but I have finally made my mind up and the lamp will be closed. I hate high detail parts that will never be seen.
So, the biggest issue, the generator has been solved as I have purchased a Blast Models (France) upgrade set for this kit which not only contains the generator block but corrects and adds to the vehicle detail.
Should be fun
So here are the many parts.
AFV Club do indi link tracks for this but the rubber band ones are very nicely moulded so I will stick with these for now
Cont/-
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