My Wife took one look at the box art on this thing and said, “Look, it’s a tank; no, it’s a bulldozer; no it’s a crane; it’s a floor wax; it’s a desert topping!”
Ten day shipping from the Czech Republic to Northern Virginia, USA, just south of DC. Now I’m gonna order a T55 AVLB thing……
@ Arch-Stanton. You might mention to the Ms., there’s also a sewing machine version out there… but don’t tell her I said that! 
https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1577398573376933888
Video c/o Frenchy on Ukraine page.
—mike
Yeah I saw @Frenchy BTM-3 trencher and convoy video the other day. Very cool. I already have my impression of one those in my wooden toy collection.
The Wife thought that was evil looking when she saw it completed.
Can you share pictures of the contents of the box?
Thank you! Good luck building the model.
I’m a little afraid of resin, but I have a couple of kits, so I’ll try it later.
Postman delivered this one today:
Brought it on a whim, don’t know too much about it to be fair, but looks interesting!
Rookie question…… I see a lot of A/M for sdkfz 251/1 Ausf.D…… but little to nothing for the Ausf.C? what’s the differences between the Ausf.D and Ausf.C? would A/M be compatible between the two?
Very different body styles over the engine, at the rear, and the stowage compartments:
I have built several of each, Dragon and AFV Club, and I don’t feel that AM is really needed apart from maybe some tool brackets and the rubber band tracks on AFV Club’s, which are not really too bad if you glue the track to the centre road wheels to get the right curve at the top.
Some very brief info on the ‘Stuka on Foot’ version of the SdKfz 251/1 kit vehicle itself:
Do some googling and you will find a lot more info.
I have the standard Ausf D transport on my build stash. I built the Tamiya version that was recently released, but I look forward to start building the AFV Club version; see how complex it truly is in comparison to the Tamiya version.
I’d trash those rubber band tracks and get cha a nice set of aftermarkets to get that great sag that such a vehicle deserves! 
I bought a set of AFV Club and they were too loose on thf Tamiya kit. I gave an AFV Club one, so I’ll keep them.
Any brand you recommend? Wonder if Modelkasten makes a decent set.
Lots of options. First though, have you got any Dragon SdKfz 251 Ausf D kits? Some come with two sets of tracks - the rubber pad type and the all metal late type… and you could use the rubber pad type from one of those.
Hobby Boss do a cheap set to fit the Tamiya kit:
Model Kasten and Fruil sets will fit Tamiya. There are also some 3D printed types. Do a google search on “SdKFZ 251 tracks 1/35” and see what is out there.
Another M54 from AFV. Beautiful kit that’s going to be an M813 one day.
When you compare this kit, one of which is slowly becoming an M52 tractor in my hobby room, with earlier kits of M900 series trucks, you can appreciate how the hobby has evolved over time.
Having already dealt with both versions of the AFV Club tracks, I think I’m steering towards the Hobby Boss version.
The last piece to my M51 Sherman puzzle has arrived; along with some WW2 US/Allied White Stars from Archer.
This is in addition to the kit, the metal barrel, a more detailed .50 cal MG (from Dragon), and a 3D printed rear stowage rack and gun travel lock.
Thanks Peter @petbat for the info and images regards sdkfz 251/1 ausf.c vs. ausf.d, super helpful!
Try this page. It does a great comparison:
https://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/misc/251track.htm
