35th scale Sd.Kfz. MiniArt’s 234/2 Schwerer Panzerspahwagen interior kit.

We have a walk around of this kit in a build sequence today for you to discover more about the kit.

We will not get in the way too much and let the photos tell most of the story as you see the full interior kit build up before your eyes…

The large eight wheels and tyres are the sandwich construction type. Some do not like this, but with just the right amount of glue, these sandwich together tyres give you a full tread with no sanding seams involved…

Two shots showing the base of the engine built up along with the wheels and tyres, ready to go into the engine compartment of the kit. The MiniArt engine is built in situ, it only needs some ignition cables to get going. You will notice the open crew driver door and pair of driving stations offered in this armoured car as they are found in real life…

Another feature that is correct for this kit, however, is independent suspension.

A view of the lower hull and suspension showing how complex drives work on this vehicle.

A view from underneath showing internal hill roof. You will notice the open crew driver door and the pair of driving stations offered in this armoured car as in real life…

Another feature of this vehicle and correctly of this kit are the independent suspension and tunable wheels & tyres.

A view of the lower hull and suspension, showing the complex drives of this vehicle and the independent, turntable axles.

Vision ports, stowage compartments are all just begging to be shown opened up and under inspection by the German owners or the new custodians in a post battle – or WWII scene.

You can also show the engine fully removed of course, but with heaps of internals fully formed such as the fuel tanks and radiator etc.

From underneath you see the internal hill roof. The mount and the insides of the gun, radio & cans for the commander are shown in this photo.

The radios are an important part of the scout / recon vehicles, and the full sweet of communications including aerials (& cans) are included in the kit.

The Puma’s 5 cm L/60 main gun is moulded in full, showing the whole mechanism here.

The 14,825 cc (905 in3) Tatra 103 V12 diesel with 157 kW (211 hp) is a big engine, and with a lot of ignition and wiring harnesses, you can see that MiniArt has supplied all of this inside the box.

The turret just minus the gun installed.

For those who want to show the puma without it’s head…

A view from above with the turret removed showing the full engine compartment opened up , with engine inside.

The open and closed grilles for the rear engine deck are shown…

A series in a walk around showing the Puma completed…