Panzerkampfwagen VII LOWE Amusing Hobby 1:35 46'

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Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe („lew”) – projekt czołgu super ciężkiego stworzonego przez firmę Krupp

Amusing Hobby 1/35 Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe

This is the fifth in the line of products from Amusing hobby – it follows a diverse pattern of 1/35 scale German armour – first to come out was the NeuBaufahrzeug (Krupp Norwegian Campaign), then the 1/35 Panzerkampfwagen VK3002 (DB), then lately the VK16.02 Leopard experimental “heavy” recon tank - now another of the lesser known Panzers – again a “paper” panzer – the never released Panzer VII “Löwe” or Lion.

Now let’s get one thing out of the way straight away – this tank was never built. Not even a wooden prototype – it was conceived as a successor to the Tiger II and designed at around the same time as that successful design which saw production till the end of WWII – the Lowe however never left the drawing bench. I have a concept blueprint – but nothing else – this review will not be a comparison to those prints but a reckoning on how the kit looks in comparison to other large tank kits of the same time-span and most importantly how the kit goes together.

The Lowe was designed in two flavours – Leichter Löwe - “light” and heavy Schwerer – Löwe – the heavier design topping 90 tonnes and a 105mm L70 gun and massive 120mm frontal armour, using a Daimler-Benz “Schnellboot “ torpedo boat engine and hoping to get to a top speed of 44km per hour – it all sounds like a bit of a pipe dream to me with the actual figures that the King Tiger was doing at the time – and I suppose that with several other factor is why it never got off the drawing board. But this is a review and I am not going to pretend I know exactly what this tank was going to do – that is what Wikipedia is for, look it up. We are here to build ourselves a model! Firstly ill take you through the contents than the plastic