Tamiya 35364 Marder III M Tank Destroyer Normandy 1/35 Scale Plastic Model Kit

Description

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 model kit pairs the classic Marder III M (Item 35255) with brand new figures and additional parts including markings to assemble the model as a vehicle seen on the Normandy Front in the closing years of WWII. The Marder III M was a hardy German tank destroyer with 7. 5 cm Pak40/3 gun, based on the obsolete Czech-built 38(t) tank chassis. 942 were produced from May 1943, and some of those served on the Normandy front as occupying Nazi German forces attempted to stem the Allied advance. Kit features: the Marder III M form is accurately recreated, including its layout with central engine (hence the ‘M’ designation for ‘Mitte’ = middle) and rear fighting compartment, 7. 5 cm gun, and interior details such as the gun breech, shell racks and radio equipment; new for this kit are assembly type tracks allow realistic depiction of ‘sag’ on the upper run; photo-etched part recreates the exhaust cover; comes with 4 full body figures (3 of which are all new) and one torso figure in realistic pose, plus 2 Normandy Front marking options. This finely detailed plastic model kit requires assembly and painting.