German Hanomag Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Halftrack

This is an old kit and does show it's age in a lot of ways. If you are looking for a relatively easy project, this kit is ideal. You don't find many kits this good for this price. I didn't find any parts that did not fit well. Where you have to take extra care is the rear doors and fitting the shafts for the road wheels. Even though they all look pretty much the same, the inner wheel shafts are different from the outer wheel shafts. Study the instructions carefully to get them in the right positions. The figures included are just OK. My biggest beef is that the faces for each soldier look identical ( quintuplets ), but the poses are good.

This kit has nice details for being produced in the 70s-80s. The tracks are rubberband style meaning it is one piece vinyl. Decal sheet allows you to mark it as either Russian front or Afrika Korps. The rear doors open up and this kit has posable steering. The interior has decent diamond plated flooring.Comes with a squad of soldiers.

Though I would build it cause it was something different and I enjoyed it. Tamiya quality was great as expected. But it opened my eyes to other kits. Pros- kit went together great. The doors on the back can be open or closed. Cons- none. The only thing I can think of that the kit was missing is rubber tires.