Angular in appearance and functional in its role as a light reconnaissance armored car, the Sd. Kfz. 222 equipped 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 the workhorse of the German army, the Kubel was used in a multiplicity of roles including that of reconnaissance when a Flak MG34 was carried.

• Many of these models are a little more challenging for today’s modelers, but that’s part of this brilliant hobby’s fun. With some wonderful “only produced by Airfix” items to come, the excitement’s really building!
• Humbrol paints needed to complete the plane liveries are listed on the outside of the box.

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