AIRFIX A02312V – German Reconnaissance Set – 1:76

AIRFIX A02312V – German Reconnaissance Set

Variants

• A – German Reconnaisance Set SD.KFZ.222 & Type 82 Kubelwagen, Reconnaissance Set, Africa Korps.
• B – German Reconnaisance Set SD.KFZ.222 & Type 82 Kubelwagen, Reconnaissance Set, Russian Front.

Specifications

• 1:76 scale –
• SD.KFZ.222 – Length 65mm – Width 29mm
• Kubelwagen – Length 48mm – Width 21mm
• Skill level 2 of 4 –  57 parts
• 1 x Airfix Flying Hours

Kit Features

• 2 kits in 57 parts
• Instruction sheet
• Decals

Paints (Can be added in the shopping basket)

Humbrol or alternative paints recommended for basic painting

• A & B – 10, 11, 33, 53, 61, 62, 86.
• A – 29, 94.
• B – 30, 78.

History

Angular in appearence and functional in tis role as a light reconnaissance armoured car, the Sd.Kfz.222 equipped with Wehrmacht units from the beginning of the Second World War and saw action on almost every front until 1945. Popularly known as the Kubelwagen the military VW Type 82 was developed from the commercial Volkswagen by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. Very much a workhorse of the German army, the Kubel was used in a multiplicity of roles including that of reconnaissance when a Flak MG34 was carried

Mould tools made in 1974, pack illustration by Roy Cross, 1974.
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