Unutilized Hummels, “Early” & “Late” from Border Fashions in 1/thirty fifth scale…

Border Style have a couple of fresh kits coming i’m sick the pipeline. A 1/thirty fifth Spitfire, German tank riders, a Tiger I & those two – “Early” & “Past due” manufacturing Hummels. Now we have some scant knowledge in our preview for you…

The Hummel (Sd.Kfz.165) used to be a self-propelled howitzer from the 2d International Conflict designed and impaired through the Germans. The primary prototypes of the automobile had been created in 1942, and serial manufacturing persisted within the duration 1943-1945, finishing with the manufacturing of about 700 automobiles. The Hummel used to be powered through a unmarried engine Maybach HL 120 TRM with an influence of 300 hp . It used to be armed with a 150 mm sFH 18 howitzer and 1 7.92 mm MG 34 gadget gun.

Hummel SPG (early manufacturing model) saved on the Deutsches Panzermuseum, the German Tank Museum, Munster, Germany

The Hummel used to be created as a self-propelled howitzer to cooperate with tanks and mechanized infantry in German armored sections and armored grenadiers. Its chassis used to be in response to parts taken from the tanks: PzKpfw III Ausf J and PzKpfw IV Ausf F. 

The “Early Hummel with rear doorways spread out.

The fighting compartment was located at the rear of the fuselage, the engine was placed in the middle, and the driver and radio operator in the front. Only one version of the Hummel howitzer was created, but in later production series the hull was slightly lengthened, which gave more space for the crew in the front of the vehicle. The Hummel is considered one of the best German self-propelled howitzers of the Second World War.

Sd.Kfz.165 Panzerhaubitze Hummel in Budapest captured by the Soviets

Their serial production took place at the Deutsche Eisenwerke plants in Duisburg. The vehicle was used in combat for the first time on the Eastern Front in 1943, and it entered operation on a large scale during the Battle of the Kursk (July 1943), but it quickly found its way to both the Italian front and – from 1944 – western front.

The “Early” & “Past due” Hummel differences:

To identify the difference between an early and late production Hummel, simply look at the top front superstructure on the tank chassis. If there is a separate armoured elevated box on the left side of the vehicle in the driver’s position. It is an early production vehicle. If there is a raised box that spans the entire width of the hull, it is a late production model.

A “Hummel” – late version (note no large muffler on the rear) with opened tailgate on snowy, stony ground in Russia, January. 1944.

On the rear of the hull, check for the large exhaust muffler/silencer box under the vehicle’s two little hinged doors at the back. You’re looking at an early production car if you see one. It was removed from the latter version Hummels.

No. BT-032

1/35th scale

Plastic & Photo-etched kit.

Anticipated leave: Oct. 2023.

– Detailed reproduction of the early Hummel model equipped with a 15cm sFH18 howitzer

– Photo-etched parts included 

– The kit comes with jerrycan, bucket, etc.

– The rifling inside the gun barrel is also faithfully reproduced.

The three schemes presented in this boxing

 

15cm s.FH 18/1 Hummel Sd. Kfz. 165 Late Production

 

Border Model

No. BT-035

1/35th scale