This is an all-resin model kit
produced in Italy. My kit reveiwed here is from
Da.Ga. Model though it is now sold under the Mister
Panzer company name. Based on this, keep in mind
that the directions and other features of the Mister
Panzer release may be different than Da.Ga.'s
original release.
I counted 32 finely
crafted light amber colored resin parts and a piece of
copper wire, most resin parts attached to four large pour
blocks. The resin casting and kit detail looks
superb and easily compares with AlBy, MarS and other
noted manufacturers. The instructions are four-part
exploded-view type that appear complete and easy to
understand. The text of the vehicle history and
instructions are primarily in Italian with a few
construction notes also in broken but understandable
English. I have found no information on exact
specifications so cannot comment on exactness of the
kit's scale. This 4x2 truck was one of Italy's
first mass-produced trucks and used in WW1, and then up
to 1940 according to my references. Variants include
ambulance, machine shop, and fire-engine trucks (good
scratchbuilding projects?). In military colors it
could be gray-green for an
Italian continental-European truck, tan for a truck
of Italy's African colonies, or as a civilian truck
(colors unknown to me). A very nice truck model I
heartily recomend for the beginner or advanced modeler to
resin.
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