German staff car Steyr 1500 A/01 a Steyr 1500 A
in 1/72 scale

 

Name Steyr 1500 A/01 & Steyr 1500 A (Item No. 72104 & 72103)
Producer  AMC Models, Czech Republic
Packing Carton box with color picture
Type of kit plastic kit + photo etched brass parts + clear plastic sheet
Quality

All plastic parts are relatively well done and useful but except the tube guard of the radiator. This part is unfortunately practically completely covered with plastic and you will have to scratchbuild a new one. The worst parts of the kit are the wheels. In contrast with other parts are very rough /specially disks/. On the other hand the positive are brass etched parts of cowling grilles and dashboard as well as clear plastic sheet with preprinted shape of windshield. Both kits are practically identical. Only body sides are different because of spare wheel mounting. The addition of version ”A” is tarp roof part.

Instruction sheet Czech/English historical and technical description of the vehicle and graphic
Decals Steyr 1500 A/01 – Afrika Korps & Steyr 1500 A - Wehrmacht
General Impression & Note I think you can build nice model of known German WW2 off-road car produced in many variants. Therefore new kits in this line are probably expected in future. You can simply find lot of reference materials for this type but I recommend you special publication by WWP where you can find lot of details. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any reference photo of vehicle form Norh Africa till now. So if you can help me concerning this matter it is welcome.

We thank MAC Distribution company which gave us both kits for our preview.