MINIART Plastic model kit for the construction of an US light vehicle Bantam 40 BRC of the Second WW, in 1/35 scale.
Plastic kit from MINIART, for the assembly of an US light vehicle of WW II, in 1/35 scale. Includes sprues with plastic parts, assembly instructions, clear parts and decals.
The Bantam company produced the most fuel-efficient engine and first prototype under the original US government tender specifications and was awarded the first contract, but because Willys Overland used a more powerful engine. However, because elements favorable to Ford within the Quartermaster Corps claimed that Bantam lacked production capacity to produce the vehicle on the scale needed by the United States Department of War, the awarding of ongoing contracts was reopened. Eventually the U.S. Army gave the BRC (Bantam Reconnaissance Car) 40 designs to Willys-Overland and awarded the bulk of orders to Willys and Ford, while Bantam went on to produce jeep trailers (T-3).
- Scale
- 1/35
- Era
- WWII
- Nationality
- U.S.A