Global Top1/35 Military Miniature Series No.224
1/35 SCALE GERMAN SCHWIMMWAGEN TYPE 166
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Length: 113 mm. Image shows painted and assembled kit.
With a name that translates rather literally as “swimming vehicle”, it comes as little surprise that the trusty Schwimmwagen Type 166 was an amphibious vehicle. It was based upon the Kübelwagen Type 82 off-road car and featured a water-tight pressed metal hull/body, plus four-wheel drive. Using the same air-cooled horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine as the Kubelwagen, it could make 80 km/h on land and – using its three-bladed screw – 10 km/h in the water; it also had an extra low gear for use in disengaging from poor terrain. Around 14,000 were manufactured between 1942 and 1944, and they were employed in a range of environments and missions.
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This is a 1/35 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 113 mm. ★The hull bottom is slide molded for great realism and fuss-free assembly. ★The windshield is movable. ★Seats and shift lever are recreated in the functional interior.★Choose open or closed engine hood, with the former letting you admire the 4-cylinder engine after assembly. ★The rear screw can be moved. ★Comes with three marking options and a driver figure.
Information is current as of January 29, 2007. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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