Kora Models K-Wagen (Kolossal Wagen) Kit: A7201 Scale: 1/72 Material: Resin and Photo-Etch Model Build Review date: October, 2009 Model Build Review author: Tony Ivey I am excited to have this resin kit in my arsenal, however, it is not for beginners! You need a lot of time for sawing and sanding the resin plugs and runners from the kit pieces. In addition, I advise many, many dry-fit runs before gluing it together. I hope that my photos and notes will help someone to avoid the same mistakes that I made with this kit. In the end, I am sure we will enjoy the resulting K-Wagen! Sub-Assembly 1: Sponsons  
Above Photo: these are the left and right sponsons which hold the armament (cannon and MG as well as the gunners, ammo, etc. As you can see there are no doors to get into the sponsons! You will have to scratch build the doors. Each sponson has a dimple on the top just forward of where the PE vents go. I saw no reason for the dimples, so I filled them in. Right Photo: (finished model) I have scratch built doors for each sponson . Sub-Assembly 2: Hull / Sponsons  
Left Photo: I wanted to open up the cupola to place a half-figure into to help show the vehicle's size. I used my Dremel tool and a router to bore the hole into the cupola (this will later receive a half-figure). I added the photo-etch details pieces, exhausts and cupola to the hull top and glued the hull sides on at this time. Right Photo: Scratch-built hatch with handle, hinge bolts and locking mechanism. As you can see, I have large gaps between the sponsons and the hull sides. This is due to the inside molded 'guide' for the side pieces. I didn't catch it when I glued the hull sides on, they became uneven at the front, and so I sanded the front left and right hull tops to blend to the hull sides. When I placed the sponsons on, I realized my error! I suggest that you glue the sponsons on to each hull side first, this will give you a much better alignment and less filling to be done later. Sub-Assembly 3: Cupola and Front MG Port  
Left Photo: Close-up of the half figure (from spares box) and scratch-built hatch Right Photo: The hull front plate is lacking a driver's vision slit and gunners MG opening, so I drilled them out. The gunners slot will be cleaned up better (I made it too large) Sub-Assembly 4: Hull Bottom / Track Assembly  
Left Photo: This is the real problem area. Kora does not provide a proper hull bottom plate, instead you get all the bogies and 2 hull bottom pieces, very little alignment marks, and the hull bottom pieces are not wide enough to hold them all together! I decided to use styrene rods to help strengthen the kit, but more importantly, to give a platform for the bogies and hull bottom plate to align with and glue to. Right Photo: Bogies and Tracks in place. Kit Review: Kora Models Assembled Model: WW1 | 
