First impressions, ICM, 1/35, type 320 staff car and personnel

I take a look at this ICM kit, nice diorama add?

[@ThatMofoDamon]

That was a really informative and good review Jason! Kit looks solid and an interesting build also. Thanks for sharing, take care and keep up the good work my friend.

[@ModelkitStuff]

I agree its a great little kit with bags of potential

[@MrBignick88]

wish they could add klink and shultz figures for the car

[@flitsertheo]

For the body colors you could use : - (civilian) glossy black for cars far removed from the front. Black green would be more suitable for police vehicles. - mat "panzer" grey, standard color until 1942. The grey got lighter as the war progressed, due to more diluted paint. - mat sand yellow with redbrown and green camouflage from 1942 onwards. Many vehicles which were not considered for 1st frontline duty however kept their original grey paint. I didn't detail the exact colours as that is a discussion with which whole books and websites have been filled.

[@ModelkitStuff]

many thanks for the input

[@flitsertheo]

W142 is the internal code number for this Mercedes - Benz car. Using the brand name would require an authorisation including a licencing fee by Mercedes-Benz which probably won't be cheap.

[@JeffDonahueScaleModeling]

Hi Jason, It looks like ICM did a real nice job on this kit. The figures look great too. I will be looking forward to seeing how it builds up. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

Jason nice unboxing and review! I need to buy me some of these little German staff cars to build as savilain car!

[@ModelkitStuff]

Miniart have a 170v roadster you would love

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

@@ModelkitStuff I'll have to look for me one!

[@ModelkitStuff]

@@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681 kit is called Cabriolet B, MiniArt kit number 38018

[@koshie66]

for this one go to wikipedia, search W142 and then switch to the german wikipedia page for this car. There you'll find a very nice picture of a W142 in a museum. You'll need bare matal foil or something else, but it should look fantastic painted like the car on the picture.

[@stevep4131]

A diorama with this car as background to a plane would be fun. Shame car scales and plane scales rarely coincide. Vehicles 1/35. Planes 1/48. Very frustrating.

[@ModelkitStuff]

Fully agree, although border I think have done 1/35 aircraft you really need a 1/35 Ju52, agree your diorama ida sounds great

[@knight_flyer1199]

Both Tamiya and Hasegawa do 1/48 German staff cars. Hasegawa even released a Priller special. You get a 190, BMW car and Priller in the same kit 🙂

[@stevep4131]

@@knight_flyer1199 Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into that. I prefer sticking with 1/48.

[@gmamagillmore4812]

Card model planes 1/35