Tamiya 35042 1/35 US M3 Stuart Light Tank

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

The M3 light tank was developed by the U.S. to replace its increasingly-obsolete M2 predecessor, and would see service in the hands of British and Canadian forces as well as the U.S. Army. The British, in fact, were first to use the M3 Stuart in anger, throwing it into conflict with German forces in North Africa; it was British services which gave the additional "Stuart" to the M3 name, taken from the eponymous former U.S. General. Firepower on the tank was provided by a 37mm main gun and (in earlier variants) sponson-based machine guns. Around 25,000 M3 Stuarts of all variants were manufactured in the production run from 1941-1944.

Product Features:
- Scale: 1/35
- Construction type: Assembly kit
- Photo-etched parts: Not included
- Decals: Included
- Special feature 1: Riveted hull and turret, has been realistically reproduced.
- Special feature 2: Features an accurate depiction of the M3 Stuarts bogey suspension.
- Special feature 3: A commander torso figure is included for installation in the model cupola.
- Special feature 4: Comes with decals to depict tanks used by the U.S. (2) and British (1), and Canadian (1) forces.