hey guys how are you, i posted some pics of my marder III the other day like last week. and several of u convinced me to build the marder IIIm which i ordered and got in the mail from greatmodels. im impressed by the kit especially with the photo etch grill. when i turned that pack over it had a small coil of copper wire. i was going through the instructions and couldnt find any reference to it, or whats its for, does anyone here who build it, know where in the kit tamiya says to use it, if not im saying, hey another goody for me.
I had a coil of wire in a Tamiya Jagdpanter kit, went on the right side. Honestly I have no idea what it is for, or if it would even be present on the Marder III.
As you can see in my sig pic, I finished it recently. The wire is used to tie down the photoetched grill to the muffler. I found I had to superglue it down and putty ithe edges to get a nice cleaner look to it. It was an enjoyable kit to build. Enjoy.
To Richard James:
The wire for the JP kit is to replicate the wire that was used to haul up the track from the drive sprocket. If detached or damaged, the cable was hooked around the drive sprocket and to the loose track. Rolling the sprocket forward dragged the track up and over the roadwheels towards the front where the track could be joined with the other end. Hope this makes sense.