Zimi Model 1:35 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) auf Gw. Lr.S.(f) Sd.Kfz. 135/1 plus a 50 t railroad flatcar (3 in 1) is a plastic kit of the German improvised self-propelled gun on the captured French Lorraine chassis; the package holds two vehicles and a railroad flatcar.
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An injection-molded plastic kit in 1:35 scale from Zimi Model. The package is unusually rich: it contains two 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) auf Gw. Lr.S.(f) self-propelled howitzers, that is the Sd.Kfz. 135/1, and with them a German SSy45 railroad flatcar with a 50 ton capacity, hence the 3 in 1 designation, three models in one box. The car is the main draw: heavy equipment did not move to the front under its own power but loaded on railroad flatcars, and this kit lets you build exactly such a scene, the gun (or both) on the car, with tie-down chains and chocks. The package contains photo-etched parts, tracks made of individual links and decals.
After the fall of France in 1940 the Germans captured an enormous amount of French equipment and systematically converted it. The Lorraine 37L was a French armored tracked supply tractor, and the Germans turned it into a chassis for improvised self-propelled guns. The 15 cm sFH 13/1 version carried a heavy 150 mm howitzer in an open armored superstructure. Roughly 94 were built, and they were used among other places in North Africa and later in France. It is a typical example of German improvisation: an old gun, a captured chassis, and suddenly the artillery has a mobile weapon. The designation Sd.Kfz. 135/1 is its official German number.
Work in sections: first the running gear and the tracks (glue the individual links in batches and let them dry on the wheels with the right sag), then the superstructure with the howitzer; paint and weather the inside of the open superstructure before you close it, because it is visible from outside. The car is a separate build: the floor, the bogies and the buffers. The wood of the floor deserves brown shades, a wash and drybrushing; the vehicles deserve a primer, a wash in the recesses and dust or mud pigments on the tracks. For a diorama a piece of track is then enough and the scene tells itself.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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