RPM – 72214 – Renault R35 mod. 1939 (10. Brygada Kaw. Panc. Francja 1940)

Description:

Renault R35 – mod. 1939
(10. Brygada Kaw. Panc. – Francja 1940)

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a French WW2 light tank Renault R35 (Char léger Modèle 1935 R commonly referred as just R 35). The kit depicts the late variant, commonly known as R 40, distinguishable by an improved suspension system and the long barreled L/35 37mm SA38 gun. The kit also includes a trench crossing tail only issued to tanks produced or modified after 1940.

Major odd in this kit are the tracks, moulded in a single piece but too thick and with poor detail, as if they were moulded from a thick vinyl track.

Kit provides a good decal sheet with 7 different markings, including the Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (in France), one of the first units equipped with this improved R35 variant.