1/35 M3A1 Scout Car

1/35 M3A1 Scout Car

Great on its own or as part of a diorama, the M3A1 scout car – latest subject in the 1/35 Military Miniature series – promises to be a versatile and valuable addition to any 1/35 modeler’s collection! 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 Africa, Sicily, and on the Eastern Front.

About the Model
• This is a 1/35 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 161mm.
• Research at Saumur Armored Museum was the base for this highly accurate rendering of the M3A1 form.
• 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. See below.
• 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