Product Review

Long serving (WWII -1970s) Soviet self-propelled ML-20S 152mm howitzer built into a modified JS-2 heavy tank chassis - nicknamed 'Zveroboy' (beast killer) for its ability to destroy Tiger I and Panther tanks. Kit features excellent exterior detail on hull, superstructure and suspension (with suspension arm alignment jig); realistic cast metal texture on mantlet, steel plates and other surfaces; choice of vinyl track lengths or link-and-length track (with sag jig); multi-part road wheels, return rollers and sprockets; optional position crew hatches; gun barrel pivots in azimuth and elevation; cylindrical fuel tanks; separately molded on-vehicle equipment; photo-etch grilles; nylon cord tow cable; crew (3/4 figure loader and 1/2 figure commander); and intricate commander's DShK machine gun. Decals and painting reference for 4 Red Army vehicles from unknown units: No 600, Konigsberg, April 1945; No 115, Berlin, May 1945; No 43, Berlin, May 1945 and 'MOCKBA' (Moscow), Poland, January 1945.