Being a secret Allo-Allo fan, I've always liked Lt. Gruber's 'Little Tank' and think that the 222/223 was a very unique looking vehicle.
I've been having great fun with this kit though I do have a few caveats for those thinking about one:
1: This is clearly a garage kit - not made tight tolerances - and requires a great deal of consideration at all stages. most of you will know this, of course. O only add it as remonstration against my own haste and what it cost me.
2: Which brings me to screws. I should have checked these out before I tried them. In this case (possibly just in the case of my own model though) XION seem to have used ****-poor steel as well over half of them simply sheared off at the head when being driven in - both in pot-metal and in plastic. This necessitated some careful drilling and extraction. Thankfully, XION have used standard size screws throughout and it cost only a few thousand yen to replace the iffy screws with more reliable ones from the model centre. Be warned.




