I only recall seeing one of these once during a brief stint in Germany when the battery was loading the 175's onto rail cars to head off to Graf. Finally got around to getting the AFV Club kit and building it. I think the light gave me the most aggravation and one other bit still has me wondering. There was some decent detail in the drivers compartment and I was planning on leaving that hatch open but for the life of me I could not make that happen with the turret in the forward position. It almost looked like that hatch would only open all the way was when the turret was at 90 degrees and I can't imagine that is correct. 

Aside from that mysterious hatch it went well but for one other issue. I was referencing some guys online build and began glueing up some parts on the wrong turret just like he had shown (they give you two) and soon saw that tons of other parts were not jiving with the instructions. Latter in his build he does show the correct turret and he must have made the same mistake so just double check and pick the right one.

I did however have better success with the boom cables compared to some of the builds I saw posted on the model shops site. Anyway it was a fun build and AFV Club never dissapoints. Now about that hatch?

towing service by Glenn Hanson, on Flickr

M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle by Glenn Hanson, on Flickr