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DragonItaleriTristar
Panzerjäger 38 füer 7.5cm PaK40/3 (Sd.Kfz.138)
Marder III Ausf.H

1:35 Dragon/Italeri/Tristar Kit comparison

Lower hull tubs
The Dragon Lower Hull tub is in one piece with detail inside and out with separate front and rear plates
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Marder III H
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The Tristar lower hull is in separate parts for the floor, sides and rear plate although the fit is very good
and there was no warping at all on my parts it obviously requires more assembly than the one piece Dragon hull.
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Tristar lower hull assembled easily without any gaps or warping of the floor.
Note that you would not assemble this until after fitting the interior, just assembled here for the images.
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Hull sides showing the straight fender trough on the Dragon hull and the kinked fender
locating ridges on the Italeri and Tristar hulls.
Despite what Dragon says, to add the kink into the fenders will require considerable work to re-align the hull side channel.
If you just bend down the outer edges as suggested all you get is deformed fenders and this is misleading to suggest you
can add the kink anywhere as it is at the exact same location on all photos showing this.

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Image showing the side bolted flange as depicted in the Tristar kit and incorrect on the other two kits
Note this flange is on the INSIDE once the superstructure sides are attached.

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Right hull side vision port which is 2mm too far forward on the Dragon hull.
Note the Panzer Tracts plans are slightly out of position also when compared to the real photo.
Image below has the Panzer Tracts plan overlayed to show the correct size and location of the visor
which is again correct on the Tristar kit. Also note the top row of bolts are lower on the Dragon hull
than indicated by the Panzer Tracts plan and the real photo but again correct on the Tristar kit.
Red lines line up the hull bolts to ensure the correct proportions of the images.

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