¹⁄35

And another new kit at 1/35 also, an M-42 US 3/4 4x4 Truck, Command version.

The M42 Command Car, adapted from the basic M37 truck, was not a separate production series.
To adapt an ordinary M37 into the M42, the Dodge firm produced a special kit to enable the rapid conversion of a standard truck into a Command Car.
This kit consisted of an awning of a new type with side windows, a split rear end curtain, stronger internal lighting which permitted consideration of military maps directly in the vehicle during field meetings, and a folding table in the middle of the car body.

Also, M42s were fitted out with more powerful radio equipment for more reliable communications in field conditions.

When processing the standard truck into the Command Car, it was obligatory to change an individual dataplate inside the driver's cabin, which was then noted for the converted vehicles in a military report.

M42 numbers in comparison with the standard M37 were rather small, however in conjunction with the 'ordinary' trucks of this type they also participated in many of the military conflicts of the second half of the 20th Century.