38cm Assault Mortar SturmTiger
1:35 Kit Comparison
Kit
#AF 35103
Kit
#299
Kit
#35177
Superstructure Details
AFV Club has two inner panels sandwiched together to form the front plate (left)
Roof parts and rear escape hatch parts (right) .
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Front driver's visor and machine gun ball mount.
AFV Club kit has alternate early and late mount with movable MG34.
Note: MG and ball are separate parts but shown together in image.
Italeri kit has late mounting with movable MG34 but with wrong barrel, should have late armoured cover.
Tamiya kit has late mounting with just the MG34 barrel in fixed position.
Front port with weld seam and inner bullet splash ridges on the AFV Club and Italeri kit but plain on the Tamiya kit
Italeri Roof hatches, rear escape hatch parts
and additional lifting hooks, brackets and separate conical bolts
Tamiya Roof hatches, rear escape hatch parts
and Additional lifting hooks, brackets and separate conical bolts
Mortar crane hoist details, AFV Club with far more intricate details including etched sling and twine cable
plus two of the smallest wing nuts you will find in plastic, out with the magnifier and tweezers.
