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Flakpanzer IV Ausf. G Wirbelwind Early Production Smart Kit
Unassembled plastic model kit with photo-etch parts.

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Manufacturer: Dragon Models
Stock Number: DML 6342
Scale: 1/35
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This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.

Features:
  • Four frontal-armor options available for new assembly
  • Gun-sight cover can be assembled open/closed
  • Cannon can be freely posed at different angles
  • 2-directional slide-molded turret for Wirbelwind w/realistic weld seams
  • Scale-thickness fighting-compartment armo has extra-thin top edge
  • Side fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces
  • Injection-molded fenders made to thinnest possible dimensions
  • Separate front and rear fenders can be posed in a folded-back position
  • Injection-molded reflector and convoy light w/optional photo-etched parts
  • 2cm Flakvierling 38 w/accurate detail
  • Gun cradle offers great detail definition
  • Gun sight and hand wheels w/well-defined detail
  • Spent-shell cage made from photo-etched parts
  • Slide-molded one-piece gun barrel w/hollow muzzle
  • Gunner's seat can be modeled at different angles
  • Hull sides w/authentic detail
  • Front spare-track bracket for Ausf.G w/optional round or flat handle
  • Ammo magazines inside turret w/great detail
  • Accurately designed transmission and steering-brake access hatches can be modeled open/closed
  • Accurately modeled hull-top armor plating
  • Turret ring accurately produced
  • Gun mounting platform realistically produced
  • Air intake covers have options of injection or photo-etched parts
  • One-piece lower hull made from slide molds
  • Hull bottom has full and correct details
  • Notek headlight w/exquisite detail
  • Complete MG w/workable ball mount
  • Final-drive housing w/details on both sides
  • Separate armored cover for final-drive housing
  • Sprocket wheels w/breathtaking detail and multiple delicate parts
  • Road wheels and suspension exhibit extreme details
  • Idler wheels w/correctly detailed parts
  • Realistic molded lines on rubber tires
  • Muffler made from separate parts
  • Injection-molded on-vehicle tools w/clasps
  • Idler adjuster mountings have accurate details
  • Extendable jack w/separate parts
  • Extremely well-detailed towing-eye brackets w/separate parts
  • Towing-cable heads have hollow ends
  • Metal towing cable
  • 40cm Magic Tracks are detailed on both sides
As Allied aircraft increasingly dominated the skies over Europe as WWII progressed, there was a need for more effective self-propelled antiaircraft guns. One such solution was the Flakpanzer IV, a vehicle nicknamed Wirbelwing, or "Whirlwind" by the Germans. Development commenced in 1944 as a brainchild of Karl Wilhelm Krause, an officer of the "Hitler Jugend" Division, and the vehicle featured a quadruple 2cm Flakvierling 38 weapon system mounted inside a nine-sided turret. The turret was open-topped to allow fumes generated from the four cannons to dissipate. As can be imagined, the Wirbelwind was a quick-firing weapon, and it could also be employed against ground targets. A crew of five operated it. Approximately 100 of these 22-tonne weapons were produced on rebuilt or repaired Panzer IV tank chassis.

Dragon has produced a fantastic 1/35 scale plastic kit of the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind. The kit depicts an Early Production version of the antiaircraft platform based on a Panzer IV Ausf.G chassis. All associated detail of the open-topped turret, hull and running gear is accurately represented in true-to-scale miniature. The kit utilizes Dragon's highly acclaimed kit of the 2cm Flakvierling 38 weapon system, a finely detailed replica of the original four-barreled gun. Inside the box, modelers will find many slide-molded plastic components, as well as the convenience of Magic Tracks, plus some photo-etched parts such as the cage for spent shell cases. This latest kit from Dragon allows modelers to easily create any specific vehicle from the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind family.







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