FRANCO-GERMAN COMBO

FRANCO-GERMAN COMBO

Tamiya's newly tooled 1/35 offering depicts the Sd.Kfz. 135 ‘Marder’ tank destroyer –a combination of France’s Lorraine 37L and Germany’s PaK 40 anti-tank gun.
 
Tamiya 1/35 Marder I
 

The kit (35370) comprises five styrene runners plus four vinyl poly-caps, with the lower hull and upper shielding supplied as ‘flat-pack’ constructions, plus tracks as link-and-length arrangements – complete with convincing sag on the upper sections. External panel lines and rivets are represented by engraved and embossed detail, respectively, while the fighting compartment features separate shells, plus a full representation of the 75mm weapon. Clever engineering means the latter should be posable, while a pair of crew figures are also supplied to populate this area. 

Three markings options include a camouflaged Red 322 in France, September 1944, an Eastern Front winter-whitewashed vehicle during 1943 and an overall grey machine of the 15th Infantry Division, France, 1942-43.

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