TAMIYA 35363 1/35 M3A1 Scout Car Plastic Model Kit ‎TAM35363

Tamiya 35363 1/35 M3A1 Scout Car Plastic Model KitThis is a scale model replica of the M3A1 Scout Car. It promises to be a great stand-alone model or make for an essential diorama piece in a bigger modeling project. Around 21000 of the actual car were built a vital cog in the setup of U.S. forces and those Allies (Britain Soviet Union Free France China and more) who received it under “lend-lease.” Lightly protected with mainly 6.4mm armor with a top road speed of 80km/h it had one 12.7mm and two 7.62mm machine guns could seat six in addition to a driver and commander and was often deployed in recon and command car roles in North Africa Sicily and on the Eastern Front.• 1/35 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 161mm.• Multi-piece depictions of front un-ditching roller and crew area machine guns (M2 x1 and M1919 x1).• Interior features separate parts for shift transfer case and parking brake levers plus a detailed dash.• Armor side door and windshield covers can be depicted deployed or not.• Louvers on front engine grille can be assembled as open or closed.• Detailed underside with depictions of leaf spring suspension prop shaft differentials leaf springs and exhaust.• Comes with one U.S. (invasion of Sicily) and two Soviet marking options.• Includes 5 figures in Red Army Winter attire: helmeted driver in tanker overalls; pistol-wielding commander with choice of ushanka or regulation headgear; two gunners and one seated soldier.• Marking Options: Red Army 3rd Guards Tank Army Eastern Germany April 1945. Red Army Unit unknown Prague Spring 1945. U.S. Army 8th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 2nd Armored Division Sicily 1943