Reviews : Academy Wirbelwind Quad 20mm Tank

This was my first build of a Academy kit. I was not happy with a couple important items. PRO'S: Good detail except road wheel's. Parts fit good except the shield around the 20mm guns. Decals ok. CON'S: The instruction sheet was poor. Felt like I was looking at one from the 60's. Painting detail of parts was horrible. No paint colors recommended for the figures. The road wheels were round not flat. I didn't even bother to try and get them flat. I would not have any wheel left if I tried. Large gap between the top deck and the rear panel. I had to add scrape piece of plastic to fill the 1/8 gap. The shield around the 20 mm guns gave me a lot of trouble to fit together. I left out the 3 figures that went inside the shield do to the fact I could not get them to fit inside and complete fitting the shield together. The kit looks good except for the wheels. I would not recommend it for a beginner do to the difficulty of the gap and the shield.

This model is one of several Academy models of the German MklV series chassis tanks, all different. The model is slightly out of alignment for some reason with the gun barrels in the turret not matching the slots in the turret shell. I had to sand out the slots which was very frustrating. That was the only big issue with my kit. I painted the well crafted figures to match a camouflage pattern on the tank which seemed to make sense.They were better than expected in quality. This tank along with any others from Academy would be an excellent way to save expenses and collect an impressive group of armor. I highly recommend this model to anyone.

Have to agree with all points made from the good and the bad. This kit is good but not for a beginner. The builder will need good previous modeling experience putting this kit together especially with the vague instructions. The figures are definitely difficult to place in the turret and still get everything together. I left them out since I have another free standing Flakvierling to use them on and the figures look great on that unit. It's a good kit for the price but practice on some cheaper kits first. Will look nice with a little patience and effort.

This kit is a direct copy of the old 1970s Tamiya kit. It even has the holes in the bottom for the motor. The fit was just OK, but it lacks fine details. The figures are good and offer a action poise of firing the guns with the commander directing them. The road wheels were out of round, so I had to chuck them into a motor tool and try to sand them round.

Nice model, lot of fun to build, good instructions, everything went together perfectly and it just looks fantastic. good detail, the price was right and it even came with four figures. You can't go wrong buying this kit.

This is a very good rendition of a Flakpanzer, the detail is great, and the fit of the parts is excellent and the crew figures are well detailed.

Never,never,NEVER!!!buy academy models. Instruction graphics are horrible. Hulls never fit. Just an all around bad model.

Not the best plastic used making this model… plastic is too thin and flexible but still able to complete the model.

Finally got a kit i wanted for a long time. Low price made it possible this time. Can't wait to build it.

This was a good build. Only issue was once you place the figures in the turret, they are never coming out.

Great fun painted easy finished faster then I thought I think tamiya is the easiest models

Great inexpensive kit is made from older Tamiya molds, sonit builds up very nicely.

great kit tamyia great price.great addition to collection. built easy