DML Announce a Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M in 1/35th Scale

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Thursday, September 01, 2011 - 11:36 PM UTC

Another outing for the Panzer III from Dragon Models has been announced. This Time, a very late version - the Ausf. M.

The New, 1/35th scale model is scheduled for release in October 2011 and is:

6558 - Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M with Wading Muffler

Company Published Features are:

- Slide-molded engine deck for Pz.III Ausf.M
- Water-resistant muffler w/realistic detail
- Two types of exhaust pipe included as options
- Two types of muffler mount provided as options
- Optional add-on armor for gun mantlet
- Top plate for spaced armor over mantlet
- Photo-etched parts provided as option for mantlet add-on armor
- Turret made by 3-direcitonal slide molds
- Commander's hatch w/interior detail
- Direct sighting post can be made from photo-etched part
- Clear parts for vision port glass
- Gun barrels are slide molded
- Slide-molded recuperator housing w/great detail
- 3-directional slide-molded gun sleeve for greater detail
- 5cm Kw.K L/60 gun w/delicate detail
- Optional brackets for extra armor on hull top
- Optional extra armor on fighting compartment front plate
- Side hatches can be assembled open/closed w/interior details
- Finely detailed rear turret hooks and stowage bin brackets
- Injection-molded tow cables for engine deck
- Incorporates toothed ring in turret interior
- Access panel w/great design
- Delicate brake-cooling inlets produced for frontal plate
- Commander's cupola realistically recreates structural details
- Cupola vision blocks can be assembled open/closed
- Complete gun assembly w/full detail
- Includes hollowed-out undercut on turret bottom
- Turret side hooks especially designed w/undercut details
- One-piece slide-molded lower hull is superbly detailed
- Lower hull sides come w/full detail
- Finely detailed hull bottom weld seams
- Slide-molded torsion bars included
- Cooling air intake cover included
- Toolbox w/padlock produced by slide mold
- Slide-molded stowage bin w/fine details can be assembled open/closed
- Jack reproduced in multiple parts
- Slide-molded hydraulic shock absorbers extremely well detailed
- Detailed suspension swing arms
- Air intake covers w/mounts realistically reproduced
- Fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces
- Injection-molded on-vehicle tools provided w/clasps
- Final-drive housing covers are separate parts for maximum detail
- Accurate sprocket wheels
- Road wheels w/accurate details
- Idler wheels w/photo-etched parts
- Detailed track tension adjuster
- 40cm Magic Tracks

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wbill76

Was only a matter of time for them to get to the M after they had done the N w/ Shurzen on the M hull. They've almost completely re-done the Pz III line with Smart Kit releases...won't be too much longer before they've got all the holes filled in place of the aging Imperial Series 90xx releases.

SEP 02, 2011 - 06:25 AM

Red_Tory

$5 says DML's next Panzer III release will be "Panzer M with Schurzen: Kursk 1943" through Cyberhobby.

SEP 02, 2011 - 08:50 AM

Bizarre

I wish they do Ausf A and B.

SEP 02, 2011 - 08:53 AM

papakilo

So what is the difference between this kit and Cyberhobby white box kit #6605 beside the water-proof cover basement?

SEP 02, 2011 - 01:23 PM

Modelltreff

So it's another Pz III... How exciting... Bet that next week they will publish an Ausf. M that has lost its spare wheel. And the week after an Ausf. M that has damaged one of its fenders. And the week after an Ausf. M whose commander has the measles. And after that..... yawn... Does anybody else remember the times when modellers were eager to alter existing models to reproduce the Ausf. they wanted to display? I wish they would stop to pop out every imaginable version of every wehrmacht piece and go on with something that doesn't already exist instead...

SEP 03, 2011 - 12:50 PM

AlanL

Hi folks, not being an Axis modeller can anyone tell me if any of the DML or other manufacturers Aust IIIs come with interiors and indi tracks? Thanks Al

SEP 03, 2011 - 07:07 PM

wbill76

Alan, DML kits come with indies and basic interiors for the turret only (Smart Kits, the older Imperial Series had no interior at all). Tamiya has a Pz III-L but with rubber-band tracks and no interior. That's about it in terms of selection in 1/35. HTH!

SEP 05, 2011 - 06:56 AM

bill_c

Al, FWIW, Tank Workshop has a Pz. III resin interior, but you won't like the price, LOL.

SEP 05, 2011 - 07:06 AM

Spades

[So it's another Pz III... How exciting... Bet that next week they will publish an Ausf. M that has lost its spare wheel. And the week after an Ausf. M that has damaged one of its fenders. And the week after an Ausf. M whose commander has the measles. And after that..... yawn...] You forgot the Ausf.M version painted in green and was captured by the russians. Special release will be the Ausf. M that comes with an umbrella.

SEP 29, 2011 - 11:13 AM

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