Dragon 1/35 Military - 1/35 Sd.Kfz.234/4 Panzerspähwagen W/Night Vision Falke - D6836

SuperModels Verified independent store

→

The Sd.Kfz. 234/4 was the tank-hunter variant of Germany's advanced eight-wheeled Puma armoured car family, mounting a 7.5cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun in an open-topped fighting compart ment for a fast, long-range reconnaissance vehicle capable of dealing with enemy armour. This release depicts a vehicle fitted with the "Falke" infrared night-vision equipment fielded in the closing stages of the war, part of Germany's pioneering — if limited — efforts to give vehicles a night-fighting capability.Dragon's kit reproduces the distinctive angular, welded 8-wheel hull with slide-moulded surface detail and the correctly proportioned PaK 40 barrel, alongside the separately moulded infrared searchlight and associated equipment fitted for the Falke role, giving the model a genuinely distinctive silhouette compared with the standard 234/4.Full running gear detail for the independently sprung eight-wheel chassis is included along with a decal sheet for period markings, letting the finished model stand out as a specialist reconnaissance/night-fighting subject rather than a generic armoured car.A fascinating and unusual late-war subject, this kit appeals to modellers interested in German wartime technical innovation as much as those simply building out an armoured car collection. Show more