Carrera Revell Sturmgeschütz IV "World of Tanks" (03502) 1/72 Carrera Revell

[Julien]

Sturmgeschütz IV "World of Tanks" (03502)

1/72 Carrera Revell

 

 

Based on the Panzer IV, the StuG IV had its turret removed, was refitted with a casemate and a high velocity gun that had limited traverse within the hull.  This meant that the vehicle had to roughly align itself with the target, fine-tuning it with the gun’s roughly 15 traverse.  This marked it out as being ideal as a tank destroyer that lay in wait for its targets, although it was originally intended to provide support for infantry, aided by the comparatively low silhouette of the turretless design.  It was effective in its job and fought all the way to the end of WWII

 

World Of Tanks is a popular online Game developed by Belarusian company Wargaming, featuring 20th century era combat vehicles. It is built upon a freemium business model where the game is free-to-play, but participants also have the option of paying a fee for use of "premium" features. The focus is on player vs. player gameplay with each player controlling an armored vehicle, from the time of Pre-World War 2, to the Cold War-era. This is mainly online with PCs, but is now available on other platforms as well. 

 

 

The Kit

Here Revell have re-boxed one of the last Matchbox branded kits from 1995 (though in reality a Revell kit). Inside the compact end-opening box are three sprues of grey plastic and decals. The sprues are well laid out and the mouldings are free from flash. Surface detail is clean and crisp, and first impressions are very favourable..  Revell have obviously released this kit in conjunction with World Of Tanks. Inside each kit there is also a set of Special Bonus & Starter Pack codes for the game.  T start off the two hull sides and rear plate are attached to the base plate. The suspension units are moulded on, then to these are added the individual main wheels and return rollers. The drive sprockets and idler wheels are then built and added on as well. The tracks are link and length, these can go on once the wheels are all on. Now we add the large top casemate, before adding this the two side rear parts must be added. Once the top casemate is added the mani gun, roof hatches, aux machine gun and additional spare track lengths are also added. Lastly the side plates and their mounts are added. 

 

 

 

 

Decals

There is both a sheet of decals.. As well as national markings for the tank there are a wide range of markings which I suspect are available in the Game to mark your tank. 

 

 

Conclusion

This seems to be a good looking small kit and should build up into a good looking model. 

 

 

 

 

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[manuel]

The problem is, they don't put on the old decals, so you can't build a realistic model.. 😒

Edited December 26, 2021 by manuel

[Julien]

3 hours ago, manuel said:

The problem is, they don't put on the old decals, so you can't build a realistic model.. 😒

This kit is aimed at those who play World Of Tanks and will use the markings in the box. If you dont want to use them then im sure there are other markings available.