Professional Line Kits 
 
New from Imperator Models in collaboration with Counlane Models — the next evolution in tabletop detail. These kits deliver an unrivalled level of customization (some kits contain up to 50 individual parts) and are printed using the latest high-resolution 3D printing techniques to achieve crisp, game-ready detail and perfect fit. Ideal for hobbyists who demand precision, easy assembly, and exceptional on-table realism.
 
Hatches can be assembled open or shut. 
 
The Panzer I Ausf. A (European) was Germany’s earliest mass-produced tank — a small, two-man machine armed with twin 7.92 mm machine-guns and protected only by light armour (roughly 7–13 mm). Designed in the early 1930s as a stopgap and training vehicle, it nevertheless formed the backbone of Germany’s panzer units during the late 1930s and proved useful in the opening campaigns of World War II. In Poland (1939) and France (1940) the Ausf. A performed reconnaissance, security, and infantry-support tasks where speed and numbers counted more than protection; its limitations versus anti-tank weapons and heavier Allied tanks quickly became apparent in frontline combat.
 
Across the European theatre many Ausf. A vehicles were pressed into occupation, policing, and training roles as newer tanks (Panzer II–IV) arrived. Crews and workshops fitted field modifications — extra stowage, improvised vision aids and minor winter adaptations — but the chassis’ thin armour and light armament meant it was increasingly relegated to second-line duties or converted to specialist uses (command cars, training rigs, or support vehicles). Though obsolete by mid-war, the Panzer I Ausf. A was important historically for giving the Wehrmacht its early armoured experience and helping develop German armoured tactics.
 
Printed by Imperator Models on License from Counlane Models.