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WayneR

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I assume you mean HSV? They are very high-quality models, usually with a lot of small details. However, I don't see Stier in their current catalog. Is this a kit you already have, or are you looking at one for sale somewhere?

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
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Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane

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A bit of targeted research and knowledge of the market ... I gather you have a copy of the commerce raider (Hilfskreuzer) STIER from Wilhelmshavener Modellbaubogen (Möve-/Jade-Verlag ? This one here: https://www.moewe-by-hd-m-verlag.com/stier-hilfskreuzer.html ? It is actually in 1:250 as all of their models.

 

Most of their models have been designed before the 1970s I believe. As a small boy I built several of them. That would then be the standard of those days, which was quite good for the time.

 

I found a building log on this site here, albeit in German: https://www.kartonbau.de/forum/thema/11685-hsk-stier-whv-im-maßstab-1-250/. You can try to follow with GoogleTranslator.

wefalck

 

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Wilhelmshavener is an interesting company. On the one hand, the have a large catalog of models. I haven't built any myself, but I have seen finished ones on various forums, and it's fair to say that WMV kits can be built into good-looking models. But as wefalck pointed out, many of their kits are long in the tooth and date back to well before the advent of widespread CAD usage in the hobby. It is difficult to tell from just looking at their website how old a particular kit is and whether it is hand-drawn or CAD-drafted. WMV also does not sell any aftermarket detail sets for their models, which is likewise an anachronism compared to the current state of the hobby. 

 

It's worth noting that the kit is marked as schwierig (difficult), which in card models suggests that the kit has either very small parts, a large number of parts, or possibly both. Building it might prove to be a tough slog if you have no previous card modeling experience.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane

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3 minutes ago, amateur said:

But hmv (and some other companies) sell aftermarketparts (such as railings, ladders, handwheels and anchorchains)

True, I should have mentioned that generic detail sets from other companies are available. I was thinking about kit-specific detail sets when I wrote the post. Good catch!

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane

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