Dragon Armor 1/72 German Super Heavy Tank Maus with Mock-up Turret, Boblingen 1944 (60156)

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Dragon are steadily expanding this range of superb models, crafted in plastic for maximum detail definition with some metal parts and finished in authentic camouflage schemes. Tracks are one piece rubber but give a good effect. Nicely boxed - good plastic display box inside a cardboard outer. Model length is about 4 1/2" (115mm) - based on Tiger 1. Most have rotable turrets and a gun that elevates. Fine detail incudes ropes, shackles and tools carried on the chassis, plus smoke dischargers, machine guns and external petrol tanks appropriate for each model. Best of all these models are pre-painted with sharp, accurate and authentic camouflage and realistic weathering.

Dragon Armor 1/72 German Super Heavy Tank Maus with Mock-up Turret, Boblingen 1944 (60156)
Dragon have brought us an unusual tank model with this version of the experimental Maus, fitted with a mock turret, simulating the weight of the turret during testing of the chassis. This dummy turret was fitted when the first prototype was undergoing testing and trials at Böblingen in January of 1944.

Dragon have achieved high standards with their diecast tanks, with accurate paint schemes and detailing. The Maus has quite plain armour plating, but Dragon's usual light touch of weathering highlights the details.

About the Maus:
The Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (Sd.Kfz 205) is the heaviest tank with completed working prototypes built during World War II. The basic design known as the VK70001/Porsche Type 2005 was suggested by Ferdinand Porsche to Adolf Hitler in June of 1942, who subsequently approved it. The design up to then had been the culmination of work done by Porsche who had won the contract for the heavy tank that March. Work on the design began in earnest and the first prototype would be ready in 1943 and was initially received the name Mammut (Mammoth). This was reportedly changed to Maeuschen (Mousy) in December of 1942 and finally Maus (Mouse) in February of 1943.

Most of the life of the working Maus prototypes was in testing around Kummersdorf and at the proving grounds in Böblingen, but the V1 and V2 versions were also involved in one known mission in a combat area that ended in both tanks being over-run and captured by Soviet forces.

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