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Description
1:72 assembly kit by "AMC Models" which I assembled, glued, colored and put into a scenery.

Something I came across and thought "Oh hmm nice, I'll pick it up."

Well, I was disappointed.

This is a bad kit.
The main hull parts are bent and don't fit well together as you can see from the gap in the front. Details are somewhat poor. Gun is not moveable. No decals included.
The builder is obliged to drill holes into the roadwheels to make them fit on short, round and rather fat suspension nipples.
Tracks are rubber, but for some reason there are two parts per side, with some single track links for the idler and drive wheel in between the long parts.

There are some good points however that are worth mentioning:
The kit includes a good amount of photo-etch parts, for example for the gun barrel (the little holes that give the sturmtiger mortar it's "pepperbox" look), for the motor grid and for the ammo crane.
There is Zimmerit modelled on, but only on the lower hull and not on the superstructure. This seems to be due to this kit sharing parts with a Bergetiger kit from the same company.

Conclusion: There might have been good intentions and ideas behind this kit, but that does not console for the bad quality of the plastic parts. I do not recommend to buy this, unless you want to build a wreck.

Description
1:72 assembly kit by "AMC Models" which I assembled, glued, colored and put into a scenery.

Something I came across and thought "Oh hmm nice, I'll pick it up."

Well, I was disappointed.

This is a bad kit.
The main hull parts are bent and don't fit well together as you can see from the gap in the front. Details are somewhat poor. Gun is not moveable. No decals included.
The builder is obliged to drill holes into the roadwheels to make them fit on short, round and rather fat suspension nipples.
Tracks are rubber, but for some reason there are two parts per side, with some single track links for the idler and drive wheel in between the long parts.

There are some good points however that are worth mentioning:
The kit includes a good amount of photo-etch parts, for example for the gun barrel (the little holes that give the sturmtiger mortar it's "pepperbox" look), for the motor grid and for the ammo crane.
There is Zimmerit modelled on, but only on the lower hull and not on the superstructure. This seems to be due to this kit sharing parts with a Bergetiger kit from the same company.

Conclusion: There might have been good intentions and ideas behind this kit, but that does not console for the bad quality of the plastic parts. I do not recommend to buy this, unless you want to build a wreck.