1:35 Staghound in Polish service vol.1

The Staghound heavy reconnaissance car

The four-wheeled Staghound came out of American production, but the American army never took it into service and the whole output went to Commonwealth units. Weighing around fourteen tons, it carried a 37 mm gun in the turret, had a crew of five and earned a reputation among reconnaissance troops as a fast and surprisingly tough machine. Polish units ran it both in Italy and in North-West Europe.

Eight vehicles on the sheet

Most of the options belong to Italy: the first squadron of the 15th Poznan Lancers Regiment in 1945, the headquarters and line squadrons of the Carpathian Lancers Regiment of 1944 and several cars of the 12th Podolian Lancers Regiment from the summer of 1945 and 1946. Beside them there is the command car of the headquarters of the 3rd Rifle Brigade of the 1st Polish Armoured Division in Germany in 1945 and an anti-aircraft version with a pair of machine guns, recorded at Cignoli in Italy. Besides the basic version, the sheet also includes the type with a howitzer.

Before you apply them

Before you reach for the sheet, let the paint harden properly, otherwise it will give under the pressure of a brush or a cotton swab. Blot the excess water away from around the decal so that the insignia does not shift while drying, and on riveted plates use a decal softener, which will settle the carrier film into the relief.

What the second volume is good for

The Carpathian Lancers served with the 2nd Polish Corps as a reconnaissance regiment, and their cars are among the most frequently built Polish armored vehicles of the Italian front. If you plan to build a whole reconnaissance squadron, the two sheets do not overlap in content and can be used side by side.