Roden's 1/72 German 75mm Pak-40 Antitank Gun
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75mm Pak-40 Antitank gun
As stated on the box, the German 75mm
antitank gun, Pak-40, was developed in 1940 and entered service in 1941
with great success. It was used by the German Army in all theaters of
the World War II to which they took part. More than 23,000 were produced.
Besides the German Army it was used by the Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian
Armies as well. The Russian Red Army captured a number of them and used
them against the Germans.
The Kit
 The
boxart shows a rendering of an 75mm Pak-40 posed for action. There is
a color plate on the side of the box that will assist you in painting
your model. Inside the box you will see the kit is well-packaged in one
sealed bag. The bag contains two
part sprues molded in a soft light gray. Visual
inspection shows that there are flash but there was a sink mark on the
breech block. The ejector pin marks are found on the sprue racks instead
of the parts. Part detail is very crisp and to  scale.
The four page instruction booklet (Ukrainian/German/English) is very well
illustrated. To assist in assembly there is a symbol legend for gluing,
painting, drilling, etc. including a numbered parts location diagram.
Overall, this is an adequately detailed model kit from Roden in this scale.
We begin the twelve-step assembly with the 3 piece solid spoke wheels.
Steps 2 through 6 are subassemblies of the carriage mount. Step 7 has
you build you ammo box complete with 4 75mm ammo. The double laminated
gun shield is complete with inner wall detail in step 8. All subassemblies
for the gun carriage are mated together in step 9. The main 75mm gun and
mount are assembled in step 10. Don't forget to drill out the end of the
muzzle break. The last steps have you mat the gun shield and mount to
the carriage for final assembly. Now
you should be ready for paint and weathering. The painting reference helps
when choosing what Model Master colors to use to paint your 75mm Pak-40.
You have the choice of three Pak-40 color schemes from North Africa and
two from the Eastern Front. The only thing this kit needs is a couple
of inaction crew members to compliment this kit.
Conclusion
This is unique kit in 1/72 scale from Roden. The addition of a towed
artillery piece of the workhorse German weapon is a welcomed one. I highly
recommend this kit. I would like to thank Roden
for the review kit.
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