Academy has just released a new 1/35 scale plastic model kit of a fairly uncommon armor specimen: the Panzer II Ausf F in North African service. “Uncommon?” you ask. Well, by the time the Panzer II Ausf F began production in late 1941, the tank’s role had been switched primarily to reconnaissance. Only about 500 were built by the end of 1942 when Germany started using the chassis solely for self-propelled guns, like the Marder II.