In Box Review of Italeri 1/35th Scale
U.S. M-20 Scout Car
Kit no. 366
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1999
Out of production,
I paid $16.67 for my kit when it was marked down from $20.00 at the Toy Fair store that was at the local mall and since went out of business.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1999
Out of production,
I paid $16.67 for my kit when it was marked down from $20.00 at the Toy Fair store that was at the local mall and since went out of business.
HISTORY:
The M20 Scout Car is a unit type used in Close Combat. The Bloody First M20 Armored Utility Car M20 Armored Utility Car is an M8 armored car without the turret, mounting an M-2 50 caliber machine gun. It is primarily used in Tank Destroyer units for recon and transportation.
The M20 Scout Car is a unit type used in Close Combat. The Bloody First M20 Armored Utility Car M20 Armored Utility Car is an M8 armored car without the turret, mounting an M-2 50 caliber machine gun. It is primarily used in Tank Destroyer units for recon and transportation.
THE KIT:
Italeri is an old prolific model company based in Italy. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a M-20 parked on a dirt road lined with a stone wall. The car is overall olive-drab. It has a very faded and mostly rubbed-off serial no. on its side. All that is clear of it is U.S.A.
There is 2 brown cloth storage bags on its fender and metal pick-axe head and pry-bar.
One side-panel of the box shows one-paragraph histories of the M-20 in English, German, French, Italian, Netherlands, Swiss and Finish.
Italeri is an old prolific model company based in Italy. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a M-20 parked on a dirt road lined with a stone wall. The car is overall olive-drab. It has a very faded and mostly rubbed-off serial no. on its side. All that is clear of it is U.S.A.
There is 2 brown cloth storage bags on its fender and metal pick-axe head and pry-bar.
One side-panel of the box shows one-paragraph histories of the M-20 in English, German, French, Italian, Netherlands, Swiss and Finish.
The other side-panel continues with more paragraphs in Portuguese, Polish, Japanese and Chinese.
All 12 of the paragraphs are labeled with color illustrations of the flags of the countries that speak the language.
One corner of this side-panel gives the length of the finished model as being 143mm (5 ½”).
All 12 of the paragraphs are labeled with color illustrations of the flags of the countries that speak the language.
One corner of this side-panel gives the length of the finished model as being 143mm (5 ½”).
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit holds 3 very dark olive-drab parts trees and the decal sheet. Nothing is cello bagged.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 7 ½” x 13” page format.
Page 1 Has the twelve one-paragraph histories of the M-20 repeated.
Page 2 begins with ATTENTION about the kit in the 12 languages.
Below that is the parts trees illustration and a suggested listing of Model Master brand hobby paints in 5 languages, including English.
Page 3 through to page 8 gives a grand total of 12 assembly steps.
The bottom of page 8 is the decal application instructions in 9 languages, including English.
Page 9 is a painting and marking guide that shows two 5-views of the M-20.
The first one is overall olive-drab. It has a half of a white star in a circle on top of its nose and a whole white star in circle on top of the engine deck. White serial no. U.S.A. 6040328 is on its sides.
It is shown as how it looked with the U.S. Army, in Germany 1945.
The second one is also overall olive-drab. It has a white star in a circle above the engine deck. A rectangle with alternating blue and red corners and a white square center and a black stripe with white serial no. MF44515C on its sides, a small white square with a black letter D on it on the sides and another black stripe with French tri-color on one end and white serial no. 415349 on the left rear fender. A yellow circle with a black B on it on the left front of the left front fender.
It was as it looked with the French Army, France 1944.
Trees are alphabetized.
Dark olive-drab letter A tree holds: the top, grill, fender bottoms, hull bottom, machine gun and its ring mounts, two carbines, leaf springs, suspension parts, machine gun, tools, headlights and their guards, dashboard, seats, steering wheel, engine compartment lids etc. (101 parts)
The kit holds 3 very dark olive-drab parts trees and the decal sheet. Nothing is cello bagged.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 7 ½” x 13” page format.
Page 1 Has the twelve one-paragraph histories of the M-20 repeated.
Page 2 begins with ATTENTION about the kit in the 12 languages.
Below that is the parts trees illustration and a suggested listing of Model Master brand hobby paints in 5 languages, including English.
Page 3 through to page 8 gives a grand total of 12 assembly steps.
The bottom of page 8 is the decal application instructions in 9 languages, including English.
Page 9 is a painting and marking guide that shows two 5-views of the M-20.
The first one is overall olive-drab. It has a half of a white star in a circle on top of its nose and a whole white star in circle on top of the engine deck. White serial no. U.S.A. 6040328 is on its sides.
It is shown as how it looked with the U.S. Army, in Germany 1945.
The second one is also overall olive-drab. It has a white star in a circle above the engine deck. A rectangle with alternating blue and red corners and a white square center and a black stripe with white serial no. MF44515C on its sides, a small white square with a black letter D on it on the sides and another black stripe with French tri-color on one end and white serial no. 415349 on the left rear fender. A yellow circle with a black B on it on the left front of the left front fender.
It was as it looked with the French Army, France 1944.
Trees are alphabetized.
Dark olive-drab letter A tree holds: the top, grill, fender bottoms, hull bottom, machine gun and its ring mounts, two carbines, leaf springs, suspension parts, machine gun, tools, headlights and their guards, dashboard, seats, steering wheel, engine compartment lids etc. (101 parts)
Dark olive-drab letter B tree holds: Wheels, side armor sections, fighting compartment walls, tow cable, canvas sacks, floor, jerry cans, another carbine, canvas roof cover, storage boxes, side armor sections etc. (53 parts)
The decal sheet has markings for a U.S. and a French M-20.
There are no clear parts or figures included in the kit.
Detail is excellent.
Highly recommended.
Detail is excellent.
Highly recommended.