Allied
Vehicle Accessory Set
Tamiya
| Catalogue No.: | 35229 |
| Scale: | 1/35 |
| Media: | Styrene |
| Review Type: | In-Box |
| Rating: | Highly Recommended |
S u m m a r y |
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| Contents: | 136 parts in olive drab styrene |
| Price: | price around US$7-$10 |
| Advantages: | State-of-the-art Tamiya accessories |
| Disadvantages: | Two identical sprues limit the options |
| Recommendation: | For all WWII armor fans |
F i r s t L o o k |
Tamiya noticed that their excellent GMC CCKW kit came with next to zero accessories, which
means that it looks awfully barren without a crew or "stuff" in the rear. But,
as with most of their recent German releases, they now have rectified this with the
release of this set of "stuff' for either filling up the "Six By" (their
suggestion) or using with any other Allied or Axis vehicle.
The kit comes with two identical sprues, which contain the following complete components:
six 55-gallon drums, with very nice engraving and details; ten US and ten German 5-gallon
"jerry" cans; six US "butt" packs; four collapsible buckets, folded
up; two apparent tanker's roll blanket sets; two barracks bags; six ammunition cases; two
duffel bags; and six miscellaneous tarps, folded. For those who do not like to "roll
their own" duffel or kit for the sides of turrets and rear decks, this provides some
new "poses" from previous kits.
The fuel drums and jerry cans should work well in "Red Ball Express" CCKW truck
dioramas or single models. From studying contemporary photos, it appears that the US and
British Armies were short on fuel cans, and thus captured German jerry cans were snapped
up for fuel runs to the forward area. Photos exist of German prisoners loading several
hundred cans on trucks, both the CCKW models and the 4-5 Ton semitrailer GMC trucks.
"Stuff" is always handy, and it is good that Tamiya has provided modern items
with state-of-the-art engraving for a reasonable amount. This kit is readily available or
from Squadron Mail Order.
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