Kevin Brant reviews the Trumpeter Sd.Kfz.8.

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Thanks, Kevin. This is most likely a Late War variant of the 8, typical of German halftracks as the war dragged on and pesky things like small arms fire made riding/driving one more hazardous. I have seen photos from France 1940 of an Sd.Kfz.7/1 with armored cab, but these were apparently special Luftwaffe AA units.

In any case, this means all the major German halftracks are now in styrene. I hope Trumpy will bring out a plain "vanilla" version with the open cab.

Thank you very much Kevin, for this overview.

(entered too fast ...) I'm building it right now and I'm pleasently surprised of the good fitting of parts. The booklet could be a little more clear, when it comes to substages of specific parts which are assembled to the chassis/hull. There are no MG34's concluded i this kit, but 2 nice moulded MG42's are ! Right now I try to find out what are the contents of the different stowage-boxes within and outside the vehicle ...

Here is my build log of this kit, if it helps.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/193451&page=1

These are cool beasts and I could only wish to getting around to building one some day as part of a late-war dio.