Takom Sdkfz 250/1 build

[Dan]

The rear seat matches up nicely with the PT drawings, Dragon’s is too small.
But Takom and Dragon gives a box for the seat to rest on-looking at a photo in the PT book, it seems to be attached to the side wall.

[Dan]

Now for the shelf and fuel tank that the storage locker rests on.
For some reason Takom has groves molded on the parts and I can’t find one photo of this set up.
I’ll either putty this up or add a cover over the parts with .005 sheet.

[Dan]

Some rod will be glued on, left to dry and sanded down and probably puttied.

[Dan]

Done.

[Dan]

Cleaned up the groves, and the fuel tank area is not glued in.

[Barney]

Very nicely done so far Dan. I like watching this progress.

[Dan]

Thanks, I just realized that the fuel tank shouldn’t have a rounded edge on it. I expected better from Takom on this kit.

[Dan]

I’ve added a small chunk of plastic stock under the seat and probably will cover it up a bit later with gear.

[Dan]

Here is a 3D replacement for the kits undersized extra MG barrels.

[Dan]

Mounted.

[Armor_Buff]

Dan, looking good!

Based on your experience with this kit, would you buy it again knowing what you know today?

[brekinapez]

To piggyback on that, I bought the /1 as I didn’t already have one, but my /3 GREIF, /4, /7, and /11 are all Dragons. Would I likely be just as well off keeping those rather than consider ‘upgrading’ to Takom’s take?

[Dan]

Probably not, but its better than the old Dragon kits I think. I have their /3 on preorder from Andy, but I’m not sure when that gets shipped out.

[Dan]

I’m not sure as I don’t know anything about those kits.

[Dan]

Thinking of it some more, one could get some nice AM for the Dragon kits.

[Dan]

The backrest/hull storage box.
Kits match the PT kit exactly and Dragon’s is quite large.

[Dan]

Left side wall done. The MG 50 round holder is pathetic in the kit and I found a better set in my spare parts box. The fire extinguisher is 3D, the kits is ok. The tarp supports are not in the kit.