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Cyber Hobby: Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.L Vorpanzer Reviews

The tools supplied are at least of the ‘Smart Series’ variety, i.e. they don’t have a simple block of plastic to represent the clamp but are quite detailed, even having the ‘U’ shape of the clamp present, but photo-etched ones would have been a nice touch. Each of the fenders is supplied with the front mud flap moulded into position but its rear mud flap supplied as a separate part. Again…it would have presented more options for modellers if both front and rear hinged flaps were supplied as separate parts.

By Vinnie Branigan

While the Pzkw. III Ausf. L was a product-improved model of the Ausf. J, it took a while for the modifications to be firmly placed into production so that early Ls looked basically like the J model. With over 650 built, I admit I do not have the specific references to say where the changeover took place.
(Note that I suspect that DML is flagging anything with applique armor as “Vorpanzer” whereas it would appear that term only applied to a few assault variants produced early in the war. I could be wrong, but as these were standard production vehicles and I have not seen the term used in the past think it more flash than bang.)

By Cookie Sewell

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kit features:

• Newly tooled Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.L w/authentic details
• Turret made from 3-directional slide molds
• Gun sleeve has fine detail
• Rifling inside gun barrel
• Gun shield for Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.L
• Gun barrels are slide molded
• Optional extra armor on fighting compartment front plate
• Optional brackets for extra hull top armor
• Idler wheels w/photo-etched parts
• Turret side hooks specially designed w/undercut details
• Top plate for mantlet spaced armor
• New add-on armor tailored to 5cm Kw.K.39 L/60 gun mantlet
• Photo-etched parts provided as option for mantlet add-on armor
• Slide-molded stowage bin specific to Pz.Kpfw.III
• Fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces
• Accurate weld seams finely represented
• Injection-molded tow cable for engine deck
• Photo-etched mesh included
• Air deflector accurately represented
• Brake-cooling inlets newly produced for frontal plate
• 40cm Magic Tracks
• Detailed road wheels and sprockets
• Final-drive housing covers are separate parts for maximum detail
• Slide-molded hydraulic shock absorbers are well detailed
• Detailed suspension swing arms
• Slide-molded engine deck for Pz.Kpfw.III
• Slide-molded torsion bars included
• One-piece slide-molded lower hull w/exquisite detail
• Fully detailed weld seams on hull bottom