Academy

Kit Number 13402

1/72 WWII Ground Vehicle Set 2

U.S. 2 1/2 Ton 6X6 Cargo Truck & Accessories

First Look By James Woody, #33899

MSRP: $12.00 USD

This kit is the second in a series of WWII Ground Vehicles from Academy.  The first being kit number 1310 with the Jeep, Kettenkrad, and Kubelwagen.  Upon opening the box you see two bags holding three well molded dark green sprues and one clear.  The parts break down on the trees is one for the body, one for the chassis, and one for accessories.  The parts look very clean with no flash, but you have ejection pin marks to worry about, mainly on the tires and the insides or bottom of the body panels.  The clear parts are very clear, but rather thick for this scale.

The engine is only 3 parts, plus the exhaust.  The rest of the chassis and drive train takes 31 or 32 parts (you have the option of having a front winch that takes one more part).  The cab and bed looks to be a straight forward assembly, with only one option, for the 50 cal on the roof, that requires you to cut out the hole in the cab roof.

The decals allow you to build either an armed cargo truck or the convoy lead vehicle for the Red Ball Express.  The accessories that come with the kit include two 50 and two 30 caliber machine guns with tri-pods (two open, two closed), three water cans, three jerry cans, three 55 gallon drums, 3 bomb racks, and three each of four different sizes ammo cases.

This kit looks like it should build to a real nice model out of the box and leaves room for the super detailer to customize and add to the base kit with photo etch or a canvas tarp.

Photos of assembled model courtesy of Academy Hobby.

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