Modeller John Ovenden discusses the process of building and painting an ICM Sd.Kfz.251/8.A Ambulance
The Sd.Kfz.251 designation A through D, with some 22 different variants, was one of Germany’s most widely used half-tracks in World War Two.
Despite this, the German army was still one of the most un-mechanised armies of the war. This vehicle was also known as the Hanomag by both sides of the conflict. Roughly 232 /A versions were built with some being seconded to ambulance duties and converted to carry wounded away from the battlefields.
This model kit came with seven plastic sprues, including a clear one, which for the most part wasn’t required. All the sprues were clean and crisp with little to no flash or extraction nibs. A nice set of decals accompanied the model, giving two versions of the vehicle, one in a German grey livery for an ambulance used on the eastern front, with no divisional designation, and similarly a different livery for a vehicle of the German Afrika Corps, of an unspecified unit between 1941-42.On to the model.
I started putting together the lower hull and the running gear, which was spelt out in the easy-tofollow instructions. All went well together with no real problem…
