Posts Tagged ‘Schwimmwagen’

Interior of a Schwimmwagen

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Over the last couple of days since I was at home (more on the toilet or sleeping, but that’s a different story) I worked a bit on the Schwimmwagen interior … this is what I got

Typ 166 Schwimmwagen Interior 1

Typ 166 Schwimmwagen Interior 1

Typ 166 Schwimmwagen Interior 2

Typ 166 Schwimmwagen Interior 2

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Tamiya Typ 166 “Schwimmwagen” in 1:35

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

On E-Bay I got this kit some time ago for about a third of it’s original price, completely unused. So I started building it.

The Schwimmwagen Type 128 was Ferdinand Porsche’s development based on the Type 82 “Kübelwagen”. It featured all wheel drive, a complete hull (!),  a retractable propeller and was able to do 10km/h on water. Notable is, that the cars, although able to swim where rarely used in the water but where mainly used as ATVs.

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