German Hanomag Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Halftrack

If need a bunch of half tracks and don't wanna spend a ton of money, this is for you! The figures that come with this set are not worth building because they are just so old. You can use the spare parts from the figures and the parts of the figures to make custom figures. This kit is really fun to build and is pretty easy!

I think anyone building armor in the WWII arena is bound to come across one of these. This is a fun and relatively simple build all together, however there were some areas that I found to be lacking. First the front fenders and side skirts seemed to be a bit ill fitting. This could of been due to the tooling or maybe just a bad mold? The interior could of been done a bit better, maybe it is just due to the fact that it is not a highly technical model, but my investigation into this vehicle during the build showed some very cool features that I feel could have been easily incorporated in the kit. Don't get me wrong, it was a great and fun build. I just had higher hopes I guess. Maybe I will try again but this time invest into some of the large quantity of aftermarket items out there.

The kit went together easily. The only problem I encountered was with track realism. The tracks worked fine but I had to glue the track to one of the road wheels to simulate the sag and, of course, once one of the road wheels is glued, the track is no longer workable. Everything went together easily and fit fine. Only had to putty a very small (1/16 of an inch)area where the top and bottom hulls went together. Not crazy about the detail on the soldiers but as this will be going in a diorama someday, I'm sure I can find a way to obscure their faces. Haven't actually painted them yet, just anticipating how they will look based on some of the pics I have seen by other users on this site. All in all, it's worth the money. I would recommend this kit.