Takom has combined their Sd.Kfz.201/1 and 3 with a Rommel figure in a new BIG box.

Takom’s new art & a BIG box combine their Sd.Kfz.201/1 & 3 + Rommel figure…

Combining three into one BIG box…

Takom added two of their latest Sd.Kfz.250 Halftracks in 35th scale and their recent 16th Scale Erwin Rommel Figure to make a prized “Big Box” for modellers We look at the new art for extra info in our preview…

Takom’s new art & a BIG box combine their Sd.Kfz.201/1 & 3 + Rommel figure…

Combining the three into one BIG box…

Takom has added two of their latest Sd.Kfz.250 Halftracks in 35th scale and their recent 16th scale Erwin Rommel figure to make one of their prized “Big Boxes” combining the three in the one set. We look at all three with this new art which has let us know a few more things about the kits themselves.

Sd.Kfz.250/3 “GREIF” Rommel’s command half-track

From Takom

Kit No# 2194

1/35th scale

5 marking choices

Two figures included

Grey Injection moulded plastic + cable + Photo-etch parts…The Subject: Erwin Rommel’s “Greif” Sd.Kfz250/8 halftrack…The “Desert Fox” had plenty of notable command vehicles during his time in command of the Afrika Korps. One of the most notable was the Sd.Kfz.250/3 halftrack named

“GREIF”

(English: ‘Griffin’). This was a standard vehicle upgraded if you will with not only the regular western desert extra jerry cans and stowage, but with all of the radios and signal gear & the radio aerial frame that Rommel needed to communicate with his units in the line and the rear (if he was up front as in all the propaganda of the time showed).Rommel amidst advancing units in his Sd.Kfz. 250/3 command vehicle “GREIF”Saying that it was just a standard halftrack wasn’t really correct then, as “Greif” featured an Sd.Kfz.250/Z

Panzeraufbau

armoured superstructure that had unique characteristics such as a vision port in the rear door and a different overhanging shape at the rear. Although there are photos of similar command vehicles, “IGEL” and “ADLER”, GREIF is the most photographed. Most of these were shot around late spring/early Summer 1942 during the Battle of Gazala and the last assault on Tobruk. This halftrack’s rubber tracks were either missing or worn away. This new Takom kit:

This is the continuation of Takom’s Sd.Kfz.250 kit. It has the same features as “GREIF”, though there are 5 marking options in total. Hopefully the other kits in this group :-). will follow suit. Check out some of these CADs..

The details of this new kit in CAD. The front and rear view of the vehicle. This shows the photo-etching in gold.

The kit also includes two 1/35th figures. Here are the driver and Erwin Rommel. It’s a great base, since modellers are going to want to use their own figures to make it “unique”. Both red and blue are included. Takom has added these great options because you can clearly see them in photos at various times. Photo-etch is included in the kit. It includes grilles and straps as well as brackets, number plates, and other items. A cable is included for the front which matches the photos we have of the vehicle.

Apparently there are workable tracks for this kit – but whether you would want to actually turn them is something else.

The main reason for workable tracks is the positional suspension that has some range of movement..

Sd.Kfz.250/1 Half-track

From Takom

Kit No# 2184

1/35th scale

Leichter Schutzenpanzer Sd.Kfz.250/1 number 102

Eastern Front, 1944.The Sd. Kfz.250 was introduced in 1939 as a supplement to the half-track standard. Production delays meant that the first vehicle did not appear until mid-1941.SdKfz 250 neu light armoured halftracks Balkans 1943

The le.SPW Sd.Kfz.250/1 Ausf.B (neu) weighed in at just over 5 tons, and it was manufactured by Demag from the end of June 1943 for the German Wehrmacht of World War Two. The “Neu” had room for six soldiers and was equipped with two MG 34s with 2010 rounds, was later produced by a total of four different companies.

The SdKfz 250 ausf B “neu” in the Balkans 1943

Erwin Rommel

From Takom

Kit No# 1022

1/16th scale

Designed by Jason Wong