In Box Review of AFV Club 1/35th Scale
155 mm & 203 mm Howitzer Rounds and Storage Cases
Kit no, AF35017
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $15.98
I paid $14.67 for my kit at the Toy Fair store that used to be at the local mall back in the 90's.I don't know hat possessed me to purchase them, because I am a WWII nut and not a fan of modern stuff. These rounds are NATO.
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $15.98
I paid $14.67 for my kit at the Toy Fair store that used to be at the local mall back in the 90's.I don't know hat possessed me to purchase them, because I am a WWII nut and not a fan of modern stuff. These rounds are NATO.
THE KIT:
AFV Club is a model company based in Taiwan, R.O.C. and called the Hobby Fan Trading Co. LTD.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped end opening type box. I am no fan of this type of box, because invariably parts or the decal sheet find their way past one of the end flaps to become lost forever. Give me a tray and lid type box any day of the week.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 4 very dark-green trees of parts in 2 sealed cello bags that are hingled together, turned brass ammo rounds in a zip locked cello bag and the decal sheet.
The instructions are illustrated on the bottom of the box.
The box art shows the 2 different calibres of rounds illustrated in color against an all-white background, similar to how Tamiya does most of their box arts.
One side panel has Azimut's street address in Paris, France and says that they are the importer of AFV kits for Europe.
This is followed by 3 color box arts of other kits that AFV manufactures: kit no. AF3503, a U.S. M548A1 Tracked Cargo carrier, kit no. AF3504, a U.S. M35A2 6x 6 Cargo Truck and kit no. AF3509, a U.S. M59 155mm Cannon "Long Tom".
AFV Club is a model company based in Taiwan, R.O.C. and called the Hobby Fan Trading Co. LTD.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped end opening type box. I am no fan of this type of box, because invariably parts or the decal sheet find their way past one of the end flaps to become lost forever. Give me a tray and lid type box any day of the week.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 4 very dark-green trees of parts in 2 sealed cello bags that are hingled together, turned brass ammo rounds in a zip locked cello bag and the decal sheet.
The instructions are illustrated on the bottom of the box.
The box art shows the 2 different calibres of rounds illustrated in color against an all-white background, similar to how Tamiya does most of their box arts.
One side panel has Azimut's street address in Paris, France and says that they are the importer of AFV kits for Europe.
This is followed by 3 color box arts of other kits that AFV manufactures: kit no. AF3503, a U.S. M548A1 Tracked Cargo carrier, kit no. AF3504, a U.S. M35A2 6x 6 Cargo Truck and kit no. AF3509, a U.S. M59 155mm Cannon "Long Tom".
Hobby Fan's street address in Taiwan, their telephone and FAX number are given.
The other side panel has color illustrations of the ammo rounds and their stowage containers.
The other side panel has color illustrations of the ammo rounds and their stowage containers.
The ammo are standard NATO rounds.
The assembly instructions are line drawings at the top of the box bottom. Under them is a suggested paint color listing for Tamiya, Gunze, Humbrol and Revell brands of hobby paints.
The bottom half of the bottom of the box has line drawings of vehicles that use these ammo calibres: The U.S. M109 SPG (155mm), the U.S. M1 Howitzer (155mm), the U.S. M110A1 (203mm), the U.S. M12 SPG (155mm), the AU-F1 (155mm), the U.S. M40 SPG (155mm), the U.S. M110A2 (203mm), the U.S. M59 Cannon (155mm), the U.S. M43 SPG (203mm) and the U.S. M2 Howitzer (203mm).
AFV's street address in Taiwan, R.O.C., their telephone and FAX number are shown again.
The assembly instructions are line drawings at the top of the box bottom. Under them is a suggested paint color listing for Tamiya, Gunze, Humbrol and Revell brands of hobby paints.
The bottom half of the bottom of the box has line drawings of vehicles that use these ammo calibres: The U.S. M109 SPG (155mm), the U.S. M1 Howitzer (155mm), the U.S. M110A1 (203mm), the U.S. M12 SPG (155mm), the AU-F1 (155mm), the U.S. M40 SPG (155mm), the U.S. M110A2 (203mm), the U.S. M59 Cannon (155mm), the U.S. M43 SPG (203mm) and the U.S. M2 Howitzer (203mm).
AFV's street address in Taiwan, R.O.C., their telephone and FAX number are shown again.
The four very dark-green trees are identical. They each hold: ammo cases, 155 mm rounds and their carrying tubes and 203 mm rounds and their carrying tubes (42 parts per tree)
The turned brass rounds include 8 rounds of 155 mm and 6 rounds of 203 mm.
The long decal sheet has stencil markings for the rounds and the carrying cases printed in white and yellow.
These rounds will come in handy to add to a modern AFV that uses these calibers.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
This kit is for sale at the right price.