1:35 USA rádiostanice

1:35 US radio sets from Armour Models

American radio equipment in 1:35 scale as a separate accessory. It does not replace a kit but adds to it, whether you want to fill the bustle of a medium tank's turret, a shelf in a half-track, or build a communications station on a diorama.

Radio in American hardware

The American army fitted communications equipment even to vehicles where that was not usual elsewhere, so an installation was carried by far more than command machines alone. On medium tanks it was usually tucked into the turret bustle; on wheeled and half-track vehicles it was mounted on the side of the hull, where the operator could reach it while seated. From this comes the characteristic make-up of boxes of different heights stacked side by side.

How to fit the equipment

First find the place where the equipment will really be visible once the build is done, and leave the rest alone: there is no point filling a closed hull. Let the front panels face the space where the figure of the operator stands. After the base shade is sprayed, the controls come out with a small stroke of a lighter color, while a dark deposit into the seams separates the individual boxes from each other. Cables can be suggested with thin wire led to the roof or to the antenna lead.

Who the accessory is for

• For builders of American armored vehicles with open hatches
• For scenes with an operator at a communications station
• For models of half-tracks and trucks with an open hull
• For anyone interested in the equipment of signals units