Sd.Kfz.234/2 Puma

Roden Puma Pros: On the sprues, it looks fantastic. The detail is great, and the molding is very good, for the most part. There is a small amount of interior detail but the turret hatches are not molded open, so they are useless. Lots of equipment for the outside of the vehicle. Cons: in general, Roden plastic parts are very delicate, this model has a lot of micro-parts that break easily, There is a some amount of flash, and there are also some sink marks in very unfortunate places. The instructions are very bad, for example, the suspension of the vehicle is very nicely detailed, but the parts are very difficult to accommodate and the instructions don't help at all, they are very poor and inaccurate. The decals tend to break easily. Conclusion: a fragile vehicle, that with a lot of work looks nice in the end, but definitely not a pleasure to build.

This kit was a big let down. The suspension being a massive pain it takes 15 parts per set of tires which have a tendency to not set with level wheels. The kit has a lot of flash on very tiny parts which will lead to broken mounting points. The enterior goes together well the fenders again way too many parts and lots of flash to be cleaned off. the antenna tend to break coming off the grid as they are attached at 3 points all of them to the very slender shaft of the antenna I had to glue them back together. The good part of this kit is the boat load of tools and gear that can go on the vehicle. the attachment holes for almost all the parts needed to be bored open all in all a very patience testing kit making me to state I will never buy a RODEN kit again lifes too short for this kind of aggravation.

Easy to follow instructions, went together quickly, ready to paint in one night of assembly