Tamiya 35369 WWII German PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf E/F 1/35 Scale Plastic Model Kit For Sale

Tamiya ventured into the modeling business in 1948, with a scale wooden ship model kit. Since then, Tamiya has been striving to offer merchandise that can truly be called \'First in Quality Around the World.\' Now Tamiya is offering more than 300 different products, both in the fields of precision static models and high performance radio control vehicles. These products are not only sold in Japan but also exported in vast quantities to the United States, Europe, South East Asia, and to many other parts of the world. The standard of excellence achieved by Tamiya is regarded as among the very finest in the world of model hobbies. This Tamiya 1/35 scale military miniature recreates one of Germany\'s formidable lightweight tanks. This subject in fact started life as a light tank developed for Czechoslovakia, but was adopted and renamed 38(t) by German forces after their occupation of the country in 1939. It was equipped with a 3.7cm main gun and could reach speeds of up to 42 km/h powered by the 125hp engine. A number of variants were produced, of which the Ausf. E/F 38(t)s were manufactured over a one-year period from November 1940; they featured improved armor and were thrown into the conflict with Soviet forces after the start of Operation Barbarossa. The kit is a study of a real 38(t) in the Kubinka Tank Museum that was used to faithfully capture this highly accurate model with detail right down to the rivets. Kit features: turret front left sight moves in conjunction with the 3.7cm gun; features a realistic recreation of the suspension with large road wheels and upper return rollers; assembly type tracks give natural recreation of the upper run \'sag.\' and they feature single piece straight sections; kit comes with a figure recreating a commander for placement in the cupola hatch; includes two marking options for vehicles with units on the Eastern Front in 1941; and photo-etch grill part included. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting.