Tamiya 1/48 German Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf.E/F | 32583This light tank in fact started life as the LTvz. 38 developed for Czechoslovakia, but was adopted and renamed 38(t) by impressed German forces after their occupation of the country in 1939. It was equipped with a 3. 7cm main gun and offered 42km h powered by a 125hp engine. A number of variants were produced, of which the Ausf. E F variants were manufactured over a one year period from November 1940; they featured improved armor and were thrown into

this gun was to be mounted directly into the Jagdpanzer's superstructure

detailed wheel bays

the tiny parts were designed using 3D technology and injected into machine-milled metal moulds

The kit makes wise use of slide molds to impart the correct degree of detail

Opening hood with detailed flathead V-8 engine plus chassis details

The Type 95 Kurogane was a small 4x4 vehicle used by the Japanese forces in WWII for liaison

over 4000 units were built in total

- Slide-molded ammo clips

masking stickers for the canopy (trimming required) plus seated and standing figures of Vader

- three types of detailed idler wheels

Newly tooled cabin captures the complex shape accurately

and three years later