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1/35 Sd.Kfz.138/1 Geschützwagen 38 H für s.IG.33/1
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1/35 Sd.Kfz.138/1 Geschützwagen 38 H für s.IG.33/1
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ITEM NO:
DRA 6470
SCALE:
1:35
ARRIVAL:
January 2009
*actual product may not be exactly as shown
Barcode: 0 89195 86470 3
Case Pack: 20
Box Size: 9.6" x 15" x 3.1"
Carton Size: 0.167 cbm
Features
Fighting Compartment: - Ultra-slim injection-molded armor plates
- Nut and bolt detail on armor plates realistically rendered
- Armor plates can be positioned open/closed
- New weather tarp supports finely reproduced
Fighting Compartment Interior: - Newly tooled fighting compartment w/full interior detail
- New ammo box is finely detailed
- New rain-guard for radio set
- Newly tooled control box has refined detail
- Great detail on Fu5-Geräte 10W.S.h transmitter and UkwEh receiver
- Ammunition rounds, gasmask case, cartridge storage, rifle rack and tool storage w/carefully defined detail
- Bulletproof vision port included as option
- Photo-etched storage for bulletproof vision port
- 98k rifle rack accurately represented by photo-etched parts
- Option of showing rack w/or w/out ammunition rounds
- Crisp detail for cartridge storage
s.IG.33/1: - Aluminum gun barrel w/rifling is finely reproduced
- Newly tooled gun trestle for s.IG.33
- s.IG.33 gun carriage accurately represents the real one
- Two options for shims on gun mount
- Recoil system rendered w/ realistic bolt detail
- Travel lock can be positioned in travel or combat mode
- Locking handle has crisp detail
- Two armor plate options for front of fighting compartment
- Optional armor plates allow gun to be elevated at different elevations
Engine Deck, Lower Hull: - One-piece slide-molded chassis w/great detail
- Hull interior details such as driver’s controls, transmission and seats included
- Lower-hull frontal armor w/spare-track bracket
- Glacis plate w/nut detail sharply reproduced
- Photo-etched spare-track bracket on armor plate and fender
- Engine deck w/bolt detail
- Photo-etched engine exhaust grill
- Rear panel has crisp details
- Tow hook can be assembled open/closed
- Finely detailed transmission
Wheel & Track: - Sprocket and idler wheels accurately tooled
- Magic Tracks w/casting-number detail etched on every link
In WWII, self-propelled howitzers were widely employed to
devastating effect by Germany, though early designs were merely
conversions that merged howitzers with existing tank chassis. One of
the more successful solutions was the Sd.Kfz.138/1 Geschützwagen 38 H
für s.IG. 33/1, also known as the Grille Ausf.H (Grille means “cricket”
in German). The BMM factory in Prague was developing a mid-engine
Pz.Kpfw.38(t) chassis for use as a dedicated self-propelled gun
(eventually named the Grille Ausf.M), but this program met with delays.
In the interim it was decided to mount the 15cm s.IG.33 gun on 90 or so
existing rear-engine Panzer 38(t) chassis in order to get the weapon
into service as soon as possible. The resulting Grille Ausf.H was
produced from February to April 1943, and it was widely used in German
panzergrenadier regiments until the end of WWII.
Eons ago, Dragon produced a 1/35 scale Grille Ausf.H kit, and while
it was popular at the time, technology and levels of quality have moved
much further on! The Grille has now been reincarnated, with not a
single part from the older Grille being incorporated the second time
around. This new Cricket is sure to bowl modelers over with its
impressive level of detail. The kit has received a brand new fighting
compartment formed from multiple parts so as to deliver maximum detail.
The armor plates are recreated to scale thickness thanks to the
application of Dragon’s “Razor Edge” technique. The s.IG.33 gun has
also benefited from a new cradle mounting. Photo-etched parts and Magic
Tracks add their own luster to this scale model too. The interior of
the fighting compartment is fully furnished with ammo racks, artillery
rounds, rifle rack, radio, and so on. Indeed, this new Grille Ausf.H
will have armor fans chirping with delight!
