Kubelwagen Type 82

Its great kit, nothing much to say about it. love the option that doors are independent and can be set as you like. Some other products have doors sealed, but this one doesnt. Simply set the doors and boot as you like, open closed...its up to you. there are not too many parts, so assembling this one shouldnt take you more than an hour to finish.

If you are looking for a quick and easy to assemble kit, this is it. The description says there are decals for three vehicles, this is not true, there are decals for five vehicles. The instructions show three vehicles but in the instruction description, there are two more decals for the pictured vehicles displayed on the box sides. Over all the instructions are straight forward with labels on what color to paint components during assembly. As with Tamiya quality, good detail and parts fit together well. I built mine by gluing the body together and painting the body, chassis and doors separate, this allowed me to get full coverage with my airbrush inside and out. After this, I assembled the drive train and attached the body to the chassis and attached the interior pieces and doors. (Remember... if you paint before assembly, you have to scrape the painted areas down to the plastic so the glue has something to adhere to.) Optional figure but I did not use because his boots are from the latter part of WWII, low rise with straps and not the jack boots. I painted mine in the mono-tone scheme using Tamiya acrylic of German Grey XF-63 as depicted on the side of the box. It took just about 14 hour to build.

This is the newer version of the Tamiya Kubelwagen. The ability to show the doors in open positions is a nice touch. My favorite aspect of the kit is the two-part wheels. These simplify painting so much!