Small Scale
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VESPID
1:72 SCALE PANTHER G - 20MM FLAKVIERLING AUF FAHRGESTELL • KIT NO. VS720012
In 1943, the development of an anti-aircraft tank using the chassis of a Panther tank was initiated with the drawing of a vehicle equipped with a turret with four 151/20-type 20mm machine guns was produced. However, the 20mm machine gun lacked firepower, and the base Panther tank was not produced, so this tank never came to fruition. This ‘what if’ kit allows Vespid to add yet another variant of their splendid Panther kit to their catalogue.
The kit comes in a very strong top-opening box with a rather nice illustration of the intended vehicle passing an oversize jeep somewhere in Europe, presumably sometime in the dying stages of WWII. These kits provide us with a great range of vehicles in the one true scale with wonderful detail and lovely mouldings, along with a massive parts count and realistic sectioned tracks. Unlike many kits in this series there are only 20-odd parts that are not used from the sprues.