The Tamiya Kubelwagon Type 82 ( kit # 238) is a very nice old kit.
Probably the easiest kit I've ever built. The Verlinden update set however (resin & photo-etch {double-sheet Copper !} was a bear at every turn. You might say a perfect combination!
~~ I don't intend to entirely blog this build, as it's been done elsewhere, and it's an old kit, and honestly I went at a very quick pace and really did'nt take my time at all. I'll just show a few things I did'nt see in other builds and are unique to the Verlinden detail set, which, was a little difficult to get along with~~ Injection pin marks (4) inside each door -easy to remove with a # 16 blade & light touch
Mark removed (left), still visable (right) Ehausts drilled out and coated with liquid putty & stippeled for heavy rust later
Glue puddled on engine door seam to later create nice unsightly oil stains
The 2-peice tires are nicely cast, but theres that fine mould line that runs all the way around the center, and after you sand it away the tread detail is destroyed. It's easy to replace it with scripe tool, ...........but takes a long time.
One little thing I found funny about the kit, and would consider a mistake, is the destructions show(and the parts were cast) to depict a car in neutral with the brake off !!
I moved mine into 1st with the brake pulled up far, like its worn-out (I guess a bit of putty would improve that shift boot, eh?)
~~Some P.E. additions we're quite worthwhile, like the doorhandles(big improvement)
However I didn't scrape off the kit hinges and replace all 8 with those oversized copper squares you see here and then file them down & then apply 32 tiny bolt heads to them, but I supose some modellers might.
~Up front there's alot to fit and none if it fit with each other. The provided covered windshield was far too large and I wonder if anyone's made use of it.
I fit the kit windscreen and made my oun cover from Miliput, and my own retaining brackets for it, as the P.E. little fiddely parts snapped-first bend!
While I was at it with the Miliput, I sculpted a tarp to hang on the door, like it had been thrown aside to reveal the gear on the backseat. { The stuff seen here is just a serving suggestion, in fact the seats & wheels are not yet fitted to make painting go smoother. They are just held in place at the moment with some small bits of clay.}
The rifle rack is much better than the kits. These things were really clunky things on the real deal.
