These pictures will show you the brass PE parts I elected to make as substitutes. Someone else may not want to go this route, but I enjoy creating parts in brass, although there is a real challenge to soldering. I like the feel and look that comes with metal, but styrene fabrication can also achieve a durable result. Or one could just use the cast resin parts in the first place……its all up to the modeler. Pix 1-3 show the 4 Fenders. Pix 4-5 are of the Muffler. This was challenge as it was so thin, but I was able to bend and solder it around a wood dowel, and then mate the two cylinders. Pix 6 is of the side Schirtzen and Pix 7 is the MG armored plates (also note that I made miniature hinges for the hatches). The Hetzer had a fixed mounted MG that was controlled automatically from inside. Pix 8-10 are of the wood Jack Block and Tool Box. Pix 11-12 are the Gunner’s Scope bracket and one of the extra Track link Retention Brackets (total of 3). Making the Butterfly Nuts was a real challenge….soldering 3 tiny parts together (see final picture set).