Super Stupa

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I love Tamiya kits. I don’t build them very often, but whenever I do, I’m transported back to the early ‘80s and as a nerdy teenager getting very excited by building Tamiya’s Brummbär and Panzer IV kits. The opportunity to add accessories and try and match them to the wonderful images in Bruce Culver’s Panzer Colors or the Squadron Signal ‘In Action’ books filled many hours. The real challenge in building Tamiya’s kit (ref. 35077, first released in 1976) was the lack of Zimmerit anti-magnetic coating. I remember adding a covering painstakingly with a pyrogravure, purchased at not inconsiderable expense from Historex Agents …

Ok, enough of ‘80s nostalgia and fast forward to 2017. Tamiya’s new-tool Sturmpanzer IV (the vehicle was apparently never referred to as a