Armourfast 1/72 Pz Kpfw III Aus G

I decided to work on something a bit simpler and stepped away from the Jagdtiger project for the moment. I normally post my wargaming stuff on Men in Boxes but I decided that since the topic was more on making a simple tank kit, maybe they'd be better off here. What I've unboxed here are two boxes of Armourfast's quick-build Pz Kpfw III Aus G's in 1/72 scale.

The kits are very, very simple to build with just the chassis, the left and right tracks and road wheels, the hull, turret and gun making up the parts, aside from a few detailing stuff. You'de need to clean up some mold lines but these are very minimal. Aligning the tracks and roadwheel assemblies will entail some eyeballing with reference material as essential since there are no locator pins. The same goes for the little pasrts that attach to the superstructure and turrets. Armourfast didn't provide locator holes for any:(

I built up two boxes worth in an hour and primed and sprayed them a desert yellow. Details are basic but crisp and I like the look of the turret corners. I plan to make my tanks up as DAK panzers so a healthy does of tank add-ons and accessories are called for -- to add to the look and feel as well as to hide the very basic model.

This is where I hit a roadbump and discovered that I have zero diorama pieces for 1/72. No jerry cans. No ammo crates. No pails, buckets, tool. Nada. Not even suitable decals for DAK. This being the case, I'm setting aside the tanks until I can order some suitable stuff.

In the meantime, here are some pics of the kits with some 1/72 DAK figures. These tanks are perfect for wargaming -- cheap and easy to build & paint. More pics when I get the accessories I ordered.

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