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Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 01:07 PM UTC
Dragon is working on their first Centurion tank at 1/72, which should be ready soon.
Development of this British AFV commenced in 1943 and it was introduced in 1945, too late to see combat in WWII. However, it remained in production until the 1960s and remained in frontline service right through till the 1980s.

Its combat debut was in the Korean War and a total of 4,423 Centurions were produced in 13 marks until eventually replaced by the Chieftain. The 45.5-ton Centurion Mk 1 was the original variant of this tank. Its sloped front glacis had 76mm of armor while the turret had 152mm-thick armor.

It was armed with a proven QF 17pdr Mk 3 gun and a coaxial 20mm Polsten cannon as a secondary armament.

Given that this is the first Centurion variant in Dragon's 1/72 range, this kit of the Tank Medium A45, Centurion Mark 1 is obviously a brand new tooling.
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I'm assuming a typo but I hope they correct their designation, the A45 was a completely different project. . .
MAR 15, 2018 - 07:11 PM
I would like to see this in 1/35 ...
MAR 16, 2018 - 12:28 AM
LINK LINK It's coming from Platz. You can thank the anime Girls und Panzer for it as well as this small scale kit. Dragon has been doing 1/72 GuP kits. Gotta love anime when it provides the impetus for kits like this.
MAR 16, 2018 - 12:37 AM
I'm glad to hear that this is 1/72 scale, my heart sank when I thought Dragon was releasing a 1/35 scale one.
MAR 16, 2018 - 04:33 AM
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