This 251 kit comes complete with a newly tooled Kwk38! A great addition for the 251 enthusiast!
Main Features:
– completely new tooling of 2cm Kwk38 w/ detailed pedestal
– gun can elevate as the real thing
– one-piece barrel w/ hollowed out muzzle courtesy of slide molds
– highly detailed gun sight unit
– removable feed cover for separate ammo magazine
– slide-molded ammo magazine is highly detailed
– operator’s seat can be positioned at different elevations
– three types of gun shields including:
1) one-piece slide-molded gun shield
2) bonus photo-etched gun shield
3) bonus pre-formed metal gun shield
– new ammo rack w/ photo-etched parts
– new roof armor plate
– Dragon’s convenient ez-tracks
– additional individual tracks
– brass width indicator rod
– photo-etched part for lower hull details
– side stowage boxes can be modeled open or closed
– clear vision blocks can be shown in open or close position
– bonus driver
– Cartograf decal sheets with a range of markings and license plates
About the 251/17 w/Kwk38:
The German Sd.Kfz. 251 series of half-tracks was extremely successful, and it spawned a whole range of specialist variants. One of these was the 251/17, a half-track mounting a 2cm KwK38 cannon. A mounting on the Ausf. D chassis allowed the single-barreled gun to be fitted without altering the superstructure, and on later versions the cannon was placed in a small armored turret mounted on a pedestal.