Sd.Kfz. 553 Kaiserkafer with Gerat 58 is a plastic kit of a hypothetical German combat vehicle in 1:35 scale from the Modelcollect brand. The subject is not a vehicle built in series, but a design study in the spirit of the so-called paper projects.
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An injection-molded plastic kit in 1:35 scale from the Modelcollect brand. It belongs to a range of models of hypothetical German designs that this manufacturer has long been developing alongside ordinary historical subjects. The vehicle designated Sd.Kfz. 553 Kaiserkafer carries the Gerat 58 weapon system. The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted.
The Kaiserkafer is a design study, not a machine that reached series production or service. Modelcollect builds this whole range on proposals and technical ideas of the late period of the Second World War and imagines how such equipment would have looked if it had been completed. Another variant with a different weapon belongs to the same chassis family, which the manufacturer also makes, so the two can be built as a sibling pair. The designation Gerat 58, by contrast, refers to a real German project for an automatic antiaircraft gun of 55 mm caliber, which remained at the development stage. The combination therefore joins an imagined carrier with a weapon whose development designation is documented. This is plainly an alternative design, not a kit of a real vehicle.
Proceed as with an ordinary kit of military equipment: the running gear and the detail of the hull first, and only then closing it up and fitting the weapon part. Because the subject is not historically tied to a particular unit, you have unusually free rein when painting, and both a three-color camouflage and a uniform dark coat work well. Apply the base with an airbrush, bring out the engraving with a wash and dust the lower parts with pigments. The weapon part takes more metallic sheen, and graphite or a metallic shade applied at the very end suits the barrel.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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