PMMS
The Armory by Gauntlett
Early Panzer III E-H & Stug III A-E Accessory Set
1/35 Set #AG114
Review by Terry Ashley
Continuing the PanzerIII/Stug III theme is this accessory set for early model vehicles and consists of 44 cleanly cast resin parts many of which are very small yet still well cast.

These will require care when removing from the casting blocks and being used due to the small size but not one of the parts was broken in my set which is very good as this can be a problem with small resin parts.

There is some minor resin film to be removed from the insides of the clips and this is probably best done before the parts are removed from the casting blocks for ease of handling.

The larger parts are the Pz III Ausf.E-H style front towing shackles and Stug III A-E style head light covers with the remaining parts being the many small detail items around the vehicle such as the steel cable clips on the rear deck and the many small lifting hooks on the turret sides and upper deck panels as well as the larger “T” brackets on the front fenders as well as the jack and barrel cleaning brackets.

These smaller parts are often included on etched update sets these days but the fully 3D of the resin parts looks more realistic than the flat 2D of etched parts yet they still show good scale size.

A small instruction sheet shows the parts layout and plan view of the Pz III showing the location of the detail parts.

The resin parts
The Armory by Gauntlett

Thanks to M&Models for the review samples.



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