Ref.: TAKO-2002
French Heavy Tank St.Chamond Early Type With Iron Mask Man This new 1:35 kit from Takom is labelled “Early Type” as there were four distinct production types of the St.Chamond during its production run. This kit actually represents the second production version of the St.Chamond which featured the flat roof with third central forward roof turret (the first production type only had the two outer turrets) and could be called “early” as the latter two types with angled roof followed this version. Another point of note is the early versions used 326mm wide track, later increased to 412mm and finally to 500mm wide but this doesn’t seem to correspond with the production types as period photos of the two marking options in the kit “Chantecoq” and “Fantomas” of AS31 both show them to be the second production version but with the later 500mm wide track that is included in the kit. Other early types are seen with the narrower early track so you should take care if you wish to model a different tank than those included in the kit markings options.
