The VVSS suspension for the Stuart light tanks is an add-on suspension set in 1:35 scale from the company AFV Club. It is not a model of a tank but an add-on set for the running gear.
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A set of plastic running gear parts with the VVSS suspension for the American Stuart light tanks in 1:35 scale from the company AFV Club. It is not a model of a vehicle but an accessory for an already built kit. The manufacturer intended it not only for the M3 Stuart but also for the M5 Stuart and the M8 Scott self-propelled howitzer, which stand on the same chassis.
VVSS, that is the vertical volute spring suspension, was an American system in which a pair of road wheels bears on a vertical spring housed in a casting hung on the side of the hull. On the Stuart light tanks this assembly is very clearly visible from the side and forms a characteristic part of the vehicle's silhouette. Older kits tend to have the suspension simplified or merged into a single part, whereas a separate set allows the parts their correct shapes, recesses and separations. The same running gear appears on the M5 Stuart and on the M8 Scott as well.
Clean the burrs off the individual suspension parts and sand down the parting lines. Dry-fit the whole assembly first and try it on the hull before you glue anything: with running gear it is decisive that both sides sit at the same height, otherwise the finished vehicle stands crooked. Paint the running gear before you fit the track, because afterwards you cannot reach the inner surfaces. Dust and mud effects in the recesses of the suspension castings give the model its scale.
It is an add-on set, not a model of a vehicle. The base kit, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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