Tamiya 1/35 M3A1 Scout Car Scaled Plastic Model Kit - Hobbies Direct

Tamiya 1/35 M3A1 Scout Car kit with five Red Army winter figures and three marking options — two Soviet, one U.S. Army.

Key Features

• 1/35 scale plastic model assembly kit
• Includes five Red Army figures in winter attire
• Three 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)
• Detailed interior and underside chassis

Overview

This is a scale model replica of the M3A1 Scout Car, a great stand-alone model or an essential diorama piece in a bigger modelling 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 armour, with a top road speed of 80km/h, it carried 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. This 1/35 scale Tamiya kit includes five figures in Red Army winter attire, detailed interior and underside, and three marking options (two Soviet, one U.S.).

Features

• 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
• Armour side door and windshield covers can be depicted deployed or not
• Louvers on front engine grille can be assembled open or closed
• Detailed underside with depictions of leaf spring suspension, prop shaft, differentials, leaf springs and exhaust
• 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

Specifications

• Scale: 1/35
• Length: 161mm

Included Items

• 1x Model Kit
• 5x Red Army Figures
• 1x Decal Sheet
• 1x Instruction Manual

Required Items

• ABS Plastic Safe Paint

• Modelling Glue

• 1x Tweezers

• 1x Scissors

• 1x Modelling Knives

• 1x Modelling Files