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Dragon, Sd.Kfz 251/1 + Pa.K 40 Anti-tank gun 1/72 kit
- Manufacturer: Dragon
- Part number: 7369
- Year of production: 2008
- Series: Military series
- Scale: 1/72
- Kit type: Scale model of WWII armoured vehicle
- Vehicle: German halftrack with towed anti-tank gun
- Price: £22.49 from eModels, August 2024
- Build date: Started July 2025
This kit was bought to be displayed on my WWII French Countryside Ambush display, as part of the retreating German armour.
Build Log
Box Contents
Instruction manual:
Parts sprues for the halftrack and Pa.K 40 gun:
Parts are typical Dragon; nicely detailed, though some are far too small to be used by middle-aged adult hands!
Photoetch and metal detail parts:
Small waterslide decal sheet:
In Progress Images
Basic construction started 17/07/25. Intending to leave the wheels and interior parts off and paint them independently, before fitting (wheels fitted just for show in the image below):
Rear bench seats and main interior parts:
Driver from the Plastic Soldier Company German Stowage & Tank Commanders set, it's close-enough to fit, especially when the upper body and drivers vision blocks are added:
Building the upper hull and adding mudguards:
Painted with Vallejo dunkelgelb surface primer and wheels added. Tyres painted in Vallejo NATO grey:
Completed Images
Size Problems!
It is difficult to find figures of the right size to work alongside the model - especially if you want to actually fit them inside.
From left to right, these figures are all marketed as 1/72 scale:
- Plastic Soldier Company - Late War British
- Caesar - Panzer Grenadiers (Normandy)
- Caesar - German Infantry Marching
- Caesar - German Tank Riders (Camo)
These are all more or less the same overall height - within 1-2mm of each other, with the seated HaT figure being a few mm less than the others on average:
HaT German Tank Rider, sitting on rear bench:
Caesar German Tank Rider (camo), sitting on rear bench:
Same figures on/next to the 1/72 Dragon Panzer IV - all of them look close enough for use on/next to the Panzer:
Comparison of the Sd.Kfz 251/1 to the Panzer IV:
Preiser, German Panzer Grenadiers in 1/72
These are specifically sculpted to use in an Sd.Kfz 251 or similar:
They're a lot better, probably still a touch on the large size (if I had to guess, 1/76 would fit about perfectly):
A comparison of the three seated figure types:
Caesar German Tank Riders (Camo suit ver.), Preiser Panzer Grenadiers, HaT German Tank Riders & Crew