Staghound MK.I Armored Car

Italeri first released this Staghound kit in 2007 under number 6549. They used this kit to make a AA version in 2008, number 6563. Tamiya re-boxed it in 2008 as their number 89770. Italeri used this kit in 2009 as the base for their Mark III, a staghound with a Crusader turret on it. This kit being reviews is basically a re-box on the original 2007, but without a 48 page reference book that was in the original. The kit includes four medium green colored sprues, a 6 piece of thin thread for the tow cable, a 37mm metal gun barrel, a clear plastic sheet on sticky paper with the spotlight lens and two front windows cut into it. The photo-etched sheet is only about 3x3 and includes headlight guards, tool straps, fuel tank straps and front windows frames with wiper blades. All the sprues were packaged in the same bag. I had three parts that were broken off and scuff marks on the fenders and hull from the sprues rubbing together. The instruction sheet is 16 pages with 22 steps and five painting/decaling versions. Something I noticed different about these instructions is that list parts by their part number first then the sprue letter - just the opposite of most other manufactures. Plus, they are not drawings, they are photos of the kit parts with lines showing where to mount them.