Sd.Kfz. 11 HKL

Name German Sd. Kfz. 11 HKL Tractor /Kit #72031/

Producer Modell Trans Modellbau, Essen, Germany

Packing Sturdy corrugated cardboard box. Parts packed in plastic bags.

Type of kit 1/72 scale, resin with about 24 parts

Quality Casting quality is very good with fine detail, reasonably easy clean-up. Few imperfections were found. Assembly looks straight forward.

Instruction sheet The kit instructions consist only of a four view line drawing of the completed halftrack, rather than a more common exploded-view drawing showing where all the parts go. The lack of clear instructions makes this kit not ideal for a beginner or someone not familiar with this halftrack. A copy of ESCI's SdKfz 11 kit instructions will help.

Decals No decals are included. License plate decals can be borrowed from an ESCI or Hasegawa halftrack kit.

General Impression & Note The beautiful box art photo will help with assembly but appears to be a photo of modeler Tony Greenland's 1/35 scale Azimut model of this vehicle. This is not a nice thing to do. A nice model that I recommend highly. Appears to be based on ESCI/Italeri's SdKfz 11 halftrack kit. Wood crates and fuel drum cargo included.
This 3-ton rated halftrack is one of the more important haltrack towing tractors used by the German and Hungarians during WW2. The vehicle's suspension was the basis for the SdKfz 251 armored personnel carrier. This kit represents one of the late variants of the artillery towing tractor of 1944-45. Paint colors would be dark yellow, and perhaps with a brown and green pattern. An ambush scheme as depicted by Mr. Greenland looks great but may be historically inaccurate

Name	German Sd. Kfz. 11 HKL Tractor /Kit #72031/
Producer	Modell Trans Modellbau, Essen, Germany
Packing	Sturdy corrugated cardboard box. Parts packed in plastic bags.
Type of kit	1/72 scale, resin with about 24 parts
Quality	Casting quality is very good with fine detail, reasonably easy clean-up. Few imperfections were found. Assembly looks straight forward.
Instruction sheet	The kit instructions consist only of a four view line drawing of the completed halftrack, rather than a more common exploded-view drawing showing where all the parts go. The lack of clear instructions makes this kit not ideal for a beginner or someone not familiar with this halftrack. A copy of ESCI's SdKfz 11 kit instructions will help.
Decals	No decals are included. License plate decals can be borrowed from an ESCI or Hasegawa halftrack kit.
General Impression & Note	The beautiful box art photo will help with assembly but appears to be a photo of modeler Tony Greenland's 1/35 scale Azimut model of this vehicle. This is not a nice thing to do. A nice model that I recommend highly. Appears to be based on ESCI/Italeri's SdKfz 11 halftrack kit. Wood crates and fuel drum cargo included. This 3-ton rated halftrack is one of the more important haltrack towing tractors used by the German and Hungarians during WW2. The vehicle's suspension was the basis for the SdKfz 251 armored personnel carrier. This kit represents one of the late variants of the artillery towing tractor of 1944-45. Paint colors would be dark yellow, and perhaps with a brown and green pattern. An ambush scheme as depicted by Mr. Greenland looks great but may be historically inaccurate