Medium Flamethrower Carrier, Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Ausf. C
ESCI 1:72 Scale Vehicle Review
The 1:72 scale ESCI m. Flammpanzerwagen, Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Ausführung C, medium flamethrower carrier is based on an Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. C with additional parts for the 1.4 cm Flammwerfer 42. This appears to be a prototype of the medium flamethrower carrier, as series production was based on the chassis of the Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausführung D.
This used ESCI model of the Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Ausf. C still runs on the stubborn soft polyvinyl tracks which were replaced in 1988 by better polystyrene tracks (Art. 8343).
It is important to remember when buying second-hand ESCI models, that kits from the 1970s were still equipped with polyvinyl tracks. These older model kits were revised between 1984 and 1988 and released in the newly introduced “Red Box” packaging, which contained beautifully detailed polystyrene track segments and individual track links to replace the troublesome polyvinyl tracks.