In Box Review of Tamiya 1/35th Scale
German Steyr Type 1500A/01
Kit no. MM-225
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 1993
Available at Mega Hobby for $31.45 or at 1001 Hobbies for $37.99 or at Kit Linx for $29.59 or at Sprue Bros for $29.99 and at 18 locations overseas on the web.
I paid $27.00 for my kit back in the 90’s.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 1993
Available at Mega Hobby for $31.45 or at 1001 Hobbies for $37.99 or at Kit Linx for $29.59 or at Sprue Bros for $29.99 and at 18 locations overseas on the web.
I paid $27.00 for my kit back in the 90’s.
HISTORY:
The 1500A was powered by a 85 hp, 8-cylinder air-cooled Steyr 3517cc OHV petrol engine, and had a top speed of 90 km/h on roads, and 45 km/h cross-country. The 1500A had a maximum range of 400 kilometers when travelling on roads, and 280 kilometers when travelling cross-country, and the total fuel capacity was 100 liters.
The 1500A measured 5.08 meters long, 2.03 meters wide, and 2.23 meters high, and weighed 2,485 kilograms empty. The total carrying capacity of the 1500A was 1,500 kilograms, raising the fully loaded weight, including fuel, crew and passengers to 4,160 kilograms.
The light truck version of the 1500A required a crew of two. The passenger capacity varied depending on the type of vehicle. The troop carrier version could carry eight passengers and the command car version six.
The 1500A had no armor protection or armament, making it a non-combat vehicle.
The 1500A was powered by a 85 hp, 8-cylinder air-cooled Steyr 3517cc OHV petrol engine, and had a top speed of 90 km/h on roads, and 45 km/h cross-country. The 1500A had a maximum range of 400 kilometers when travelling on roads, and 280 kilometers when travelling cross-country, and the total fuel capacity was 100 liters.
The 1500A measured 5.08 meters long, 2.03 meters wide, and 2.23 meters high, and weighed 2,485 kilograms empty. The total carrying capacity of the 1500A was 1,500 kilograms, raising the fully loaded weight, including fuel, crew and passengers to 4,160 kilograms.
The light truck version of the 1500A required a crew of two. The passenger capacity varied depending on the type of vehicle. The troop carrier version could carry eight passengers and the command car version six.
The 1500A had no armor protection or armament, making it a non-combat vehicle.
THE KIT:
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka City, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
I already did a review elsewhere on here of another version of this car. It was the Kommandeurwagen version, with a rounded body. The 2 kits share a couple of identical parts trees, but not all the trees.
The kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows the car and driver posed against one of Tamiya’s signature all-white backgrounds that they use for the majority of their box arts.
The car is overall Panzer grey, with a white German steel helmet insignia over a tactical marking on the front of the right front fender and a white license plate with black no. WH-162592 on it on the front bumper.
The driver wears a field grey uniform and a cloth side cap.
One corner of the box art shows a small color side view of the car in a base of sand color with green spot camouflage.
Under the illustration it says: Ready to assemble model kit. Modeling skills helpful if under 10 years of age. Cement and paint not included.
Another corner of the box art says: Highly accurate static display model, Complete interior and exterior detailing. Realistic chassis under-surface and suspension. Includes life-like crew figures, With accessory parts. By courtesy of Steyr Daimler Puch AG.
One side panel of the box repeats the side view on the corner of the box art, but larger. It was with the 22nd Infantry Division, 22nd Anti-aircraft Battalion, 1942, Russia.
This is followed by a paragraph all in Japanese and color illustrations of the driver figure and a standing officer.
Tamiya’s street address in Shizuoka City, Japan is supplied.
Tamiya is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka City, Japan. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
I already did a review elsewhere on here of another version of this car. It was the Kommandeurwagen version, with a rounded body. The 2 kits share a couple of identical parts trees, but not all the trees.
The kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows the car and driver posed against one of Tamiya’s signature all-white backgrounds that they use for the majority of their box arts.
The car is overall Panzer grey, with a white German steel helmet insignia over a tactical marking on the front of the right front fender and a white license plate with black no. WH-162592 on it on the front bumper.
The driver wears a field grey uniform and a cloth side cap.
One corner of the box art shows a small color side view of the car in a base of sand color with green spot camouflage.
Under the illustration it says: Ready to assemble model kit. Modeling skills helpful if under 10 years of age. Cement and paint not included.
Another corner of the box art says: Highly accurate static display model, Complete interior and exterior detailing. Realistic chassis under-surface and suspension. Includes life-like crew figures, With accessory parts. By courtesy of Steyr Daimler Puch AG.
One side panel of the box repeats the side view on the corner of the box art, but larger. It was with the 22nd Infantry Division, 22nd Anti-aircraft Battalion, 1942, Russia.
This is followed by a paragraph all in Japanese and color illustrations of the driver figure and a standing officer.
Tamiya’s street address in Shizuoka City, Japan is supplied.
The other side panel has a color 3-view of the car on it. It is in a base of sand with dark green wave pattern camouflage. It was with the Hermann Goring Division, May, Germany. It carries the license no. WH-1600689 on its front and rear. Followed again by Tamiya’s address.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains 4 tan parts trees, a die-cut clear sheet, black vinyl poly-caps, a section of black plastic screen and the decal sheet in 4 stapled shut clear cello bags, the instructions and a small sheet of IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS KIT. Printed on both sides in 9 ¼” x 7” format in 13 languages, including English.
The instructions consist of a single sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 6 ¾” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white photo of the car made up, with the driver figure in it and the officer standing beside it. Car and driver are in the box art scheme (already described above). The standing officer wears a field grey uniform, with jodpher type trousers bloused into black jack boots. He wears a billed officer’s hat and is holding a pair of binoculars.
Below is the history of the car in English, German, French and Japanese.
Page 2 begins with READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions, over illustrations of suggested Tamiya brand tools and a suggested listing of their paints and CAUTIONS in the 4 languages.
The bottom of page 2 through to page 8 gives a grand total of 15 assembly steps.
Pages 9 & 10 are marking and painting guides.
Page 9 has a 3-view, 2-view and a 4-view on it and decal application instructions.
The 3-view is overall earth-yellow, with license plate no. WH-1193172 on its front and rear. It was with the 90th Light Division “Kampfgruppe Von der Hayate”, North Africa, 1942.
The 2-view is overall Panzer-grey with license plate no. WH-162592 on its front and rear. It has a German white steel helmet insignia over a tactical mark on the front of its right front and back fenders. It was with the “Grossdeutschland” Division, Russia, February 1943.
The 4-view is in a base of dark earth-yellow with dark-green squiggle pattern camouflage. It carries the license no. WH-1600689 on its front and rear. It was with the “Hermann Goring” Division, Germany, 1945.
Page 10 gives painting instructions, an illustration of the brass PE fret and a 3-view and a 2-view of the car.
The 3-view is in earth-yellow with dark-green spots, it carries the license no, WH-998115 on the front and rear. It was with the 22nd Infantry Division, 22nd Anti-aircraft Battalion, Russia, 1942.
The 2-view is overall sand-yellow, with license no. WH-254515 on its front and rear. It was with the 69th Panzer-grenadier Division, Tunisia, February 1943.
The model can be built in either of 2 versions – with the spare wheel mounted internally or externally.
Trees are alphabetized, but not illustrated in the instructions.
Tan letter A tree holds: engine parts, chassis, fire wall, alternate side wall (to used with the externally mounted spare tire, axles, drive shaft, exhaust pipe, pair of binoculars, the standing officer figure (divided into separate head, full body and arms) etc. (29 parts)
The kit contains 4 tan parts trees, a die-cut clear sheet, black vinyl poly-caps, a section of black plastic screen and the decal sheet in 4 stapled shut clear cello bags, the instructions and a small sheet of IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS KIT. Printed on both sides in 9 ¼” x 7” format in 13 languages, including English.
The instructions consist of a single sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 6 ¾” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white photo of the car made up, with the driver figure in it and the officer standing beside it. Car and driver are in the box art scheme (already described above). The standing officer wears a field grey uniform, with jodpher type trousers bloused into black jack boots. He wears a billed officer’s hat and is holding a pair of binoculars.
Below is the history of the car in English, German, French and Japanese.
Page 2 begins with READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions, over illustrations of suggested Tamiya brand tools and a suggested listing of their paints and CAUTIONS in the 4 languages.
The bottom of page 2 through to page 8 gives a grand total of 15 assembly steps.
Pages 9 & 10 are marking and painting guides.
Page 9 has a 3-view, 2-view and a 4-view on it and decal application instructions.
The 3-view is overall earth-yellow, with license plate no. WH-1193172 on its front and rear. It was with the 90th Light Division “Kampfgruppe Von der Hayate”, North Africa, 1942.
The 2-view is overall Panzer-grey with license plate no. WH-162592 on its front and rear. It has a German white steel helmet insignia over a tactical mark on the front of its right front and back fenders. It was with the “Grossdeutschland” Division, Russia, February 1943.
The 4-view is in a base of dark earth-yellow with dark-green squiggle pattern camouflage. It carries the license no. WH-1600689 on its front and rear. It was with the “Hermann Goring” Division, Germany, 1945.
Page 10 gives painting instructions, an illustration of the brass PE fret and a 3-view and a 2-view of the car.
The 3-view is in earth-yellow with dark-green spots, it carries the license no, WH-998115 on the front and rear. It was with the 22nd Infantry Division, 22nd Anti-aircraft Battalion, Russia, 1942.
The 2-view is overall sand-yellow, with license no. WH-254515 on its front and rear. It was with the 69th Panzer-grenadier Division, Tunisia, February 1943.
The model can be built in either of 2 versions – with the spare wheel mounted internally or externally.
Trees are alphabetized, but not illustrated in the instructions.
Tan letter A tree holds: engine parts, chassis, fire wall, alternate side wall (to used with the externally mounted spare tire, axles, drive shaft, exhaust pipe, pair of binoculars, the standing officer figure (divided into separate head, full body and arms) etc. (29 parts)
Tan letter B tree holds: wheels and their rims, jack, jerry can, leaf springs, license plates, head lights, gear shift levers, steering wheel, front bumper with grill bars and curb feeler poles on it and the driver figure (divided into separate head, torso, arms and legs) (77 parts)
Tan letter C tree holds: the floor, sides, doors, rolled down canvas roof, seat cushions, rear wall, trunk walls, dash board, pick, shovel, rear view mirror, back seat frame, windshield frame etc. (27 parts)
Tan letter D tree holds seats and their supports (21 parts)
The one piece hood.
Next is the die-cut clear sheet with the windshield on it (1 part)
There are 4 black poly-caps in the kit to hold tires on the axles.
The black section of plastic screen is to use for grill screens.
The decal sheet completes the kit's contents.
Highly recommended.