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VW bugs in europe and russia?

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VW bugs in europe and russia?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:47 AM
Just bought a cool 1/35th VW type 87 bug. The kit instructions indicate it was in Africa. Was it used in europe and russia as well? I am doing a dio set in russia and would like to include it but the research I've done just keeps sending me to VW fan sites with histories on the company pix of civilian bugs.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 7:52 AM
yes they were used all over, but in limited numbers compared to the Kubelwagon
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:15 AM
IT was used everywhere, but as caveman said, not as many were used as the kubelwagen
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:33 AM
I think one those staff car VW's would be neat, anyone make one?

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 26, 2004 7:38 AM
I got my VW 87 off ebay tigerman. It's made by a company called CMK, distributed by MPM in the Czech Republic, kit # T35013. It's a nice model, very straight forward, no extras and it only has decals for a VW posted in africa. All that means is I'll be able to have a lot of fun detailing it.
Thanks for the feed back guys!
Take care, Wade
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 26, 2004 8:18 AM

This reminds me of the philippine version of the Kubelwagen, it was known here as "Sakbayan" short for Sasakyan Bayan, roughly translated as "vehicle of the town(or city/community)" It's also powered by a Volkswagen engine almost similar to the bug. The body is the same as the Kubelwagen, but it has flat panels throughout like a box, a simplified version if you will. This vehicle is rarely known here today and is even rarer to find.Smile [:)]
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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Monday, January 26, 2004 11:15 AM
There is also an Afrika version made by Italeri I beleive. The local hobby shop sold it before I could get it. I beleive this verison comes with about 3 figs and desert tires. It may have some diorama extras as well. There is also a smaller scale [1/48 maybe ?] of a VW ambulance. Saw that one on ebay. I didn't bid because I want to stay in 1/35. I still may get one. I prefer the odd vehicles.
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:38 PM
Yeh, I saw those VW ambulances on ebay here too. But I do 1/35th aswell so it wasn't much use to me. I am now interested in doing some planes though. Maybe a 1/48 Junkers Ju 52 just arrived with a load of wounded men from Stalingrad and one of those ambulances sitting next to it on the runway!
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Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:49 PM
That would be cool! I beleve there was a separate set of german hospital personell [a doc and a couple nurses I beleive] that was to scale with those VW ambulances as well. I got a package waiting for me at the house and I it's my Land Rover ambulance that has just come today. I can't wait to get home and see!
"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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