With the upgrading to the fuel injected AOSI-895-5 engine it was reclassified as the M42A1, there were several smaller features that changed during production, most noticeable the early two hatches between the top crew hatches were replaced but a single flat plate on later vehicles and the head light array of later vehicles included the horn and blackout driving light with redesigned brush guard.
It should be noted that as this was classified as a self-propelled gun it did not have a turret as commonly referred to with a tank but instead a “gun mounting” housing the two 40mm cannon, a small technical point for those wishing to know. I will refer to the “gun mounting” in the review as this is the correct description after all.
The kit consists of:
- 442 parts in olive drab plastic
- 3 etched brass parts
- 2 aluminum barrel tubes
- 2 small springs
- 18 vinyl washers for holding the wheels in place
- 1 short length of twine
- 2 runs of vinyl track
- 1 decal sheet and the
- 1 instruction booklet.