Tamiya 35363 M3A1 Scout Car 1/35 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 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 21,000 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 Afrika, Sicily, and on the Eastern Front. Kit features: multi-piece depictions of front unditching 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. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting.