Barcode: 0 89195 89133 4
Case Pack: 12 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 16.5" x 10.6" x 2.8"
Cyber-Hobby has come up with a real heavyweight duo in its latest 1/35 scale
Orange Box item. The set contains the German heavy tank design known as Maus,
while the accompanying figures are composed of a German tank hunter team. What
could be more effective than this powerful combination? An impregnable tank
and a mobile antitank team! The Maus tank, if it had been completed, would have
weighed in at a staggering 188 tons. This super-heavy tank was armed with a
12.8cm gun and coaxial 7.5cm KwK44 cannon. Design work kicked off in 1942 under
Hitler’s orders, and the V1 prototype with simulated turret was tested in December
1943. It subsequently received a turret and was tested in June 1944. However,
such an iron behemoth was understandably beset by mechanical and engine difficulties,
and the prototypes never saw combat.
Nevertheless, Dragon’s classic kit of this unique vehicle accurately depicts
what the Maus could have been had it entered German service. Parts fit together
easily to create the monobloc appearance of this mighty vehicle. The vehicle
is protected by a team of German soldiers armed with a range of late-war antitank
weapons such as the 8.8cm Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust. The figures are sharply
sculpted and are depicted in realistic poses. Being the first time that Orange
Box has released such a heavy tank, this super-heavyweight set possesses a decisive
one-two knockout punch. Yet despite the enormous size of the contents, the price
of the 1/35 scale set remains commendably modest!
