FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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FMS' new 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon. Granted, its an in-between scale but I'll take it. Will look nice beside my 1/10 Hetzer & a 222 I'm starting on.

HEC posted a a detailed review with many photos. Its in Chinese but you can translate easily by opening in Chrome. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/T-5NsSddAO9uFeJHJqocxQ

Hopefully someone will offer proper figures, as in something I can afford. for it soon. If Torro's pending upscaled Schwimmwagon is indeed, 1/12, then am sure they'll follow with a set.
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Re: FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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Meh. Phillips screws heads everywhere ;)
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Re: FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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Thanks for the news, Sailor. Since I have 1/48 trains, 1/16 farm models, and 1/16 AFVs, and a few 1/48 static models, I have to draw the limit. ( :( ) But I looked through the review, and I sure will be watching if you get one (I hope). Kaczor, I agree that the Phillips head screws are unfortunate. On farm models, they are mostly hidden or other fasteners are used, including semi-tubular rivets, lots of CA glue (with surprisingly infrequent messiness), and some metal-on-metal press fit. For RC, having some way to disassemble for repairs is an advantage, so the Phillips head screws are both a drawback and a help. I wonder if there would be a better way to make RC models readily repairable but keep a clean, authentic look.
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Re: FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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The answer is simple. All body work, invisible fixings. All internals / out of sight, quality fixings incl cross head screws. Tamiya 1/14 trucks are just as bad with cross heads holding bodies on chassis (plus yet another scale!!) :crazy:
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Re: FMS 1/12 Type 82 Kubelwagon

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Nice model, but the scale only good to match those HG trucks which also don't match the same era.
I will just stick with my own 1/16 version, going to spend some time over the Winter improving some of the models now aswell with resin printed parts to up the detail levels :)
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