Tamiya 32594 British Churchill Mk.VII Crocodile 1/48 Scale Plastic Model Kit

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 finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting. Item is brand new and in its original factory packaging. Listing images are stock pictures provided by the manufacturer or the distributor. This 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit depicts the British Tank Churchill Mk VII Crocodile a design developed after early World War II lessons to provide a modern tank that could be produced rapidly to address British armor shortages following Dunkirk with the Mk VII version upgraded to a 75mm gun and improved armor up to 152mm thick the Crocodile was one of the most notable special variants replacing the front machine gun with a flamethrower with an 80 plus meter range and towing its fuel and compressed nitrogen propellant in a trailer this kit measures 250mm long for the Crocodile or 156mm for the Mk VII infantry tank with a width of 72mm and includes dedicated flamethrower trailer and rear gate parts link and length style tracks with one piece straight sections a multi part recreation of the Crocodile trailer coupling a commander torso figure a turret hatch that can be built open or closed optional front fenders and markings for one Crocodile and one Mk VII infantry tank representing 79th Armoured Division North West Europe 1944 and 34th Tank Brigade 147th RAC France July 1944