Hobby Boss 83812 - 1/35 German Sd.Kfz.221 Light Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (3rd Series) - Interior Focus Edition  [HB-83812]

Hobby Boss 1/35 Sd.Kfz.221 Recon Car Model

The Sd.Kfz.221 Leichter Panzerspähwagen was a light armoured reconnaissance vehicle used from 1935 through 1944. Constructed on the sPkw I Horch 801 chassis, it has a distinctive angular hull and small turret, and it used a 67 kW (90 hp) Horch 3.5 petrol engine to reach road speeds near 80 km/h, though it was not designed for rough terrain.

Service Use and Limitations

Deployed mainly with reconnaissance elements in armoured divisions, the vehicle excelled on good roads but struggled in harsher environments such as the Eastern Front and desert theatres, which accelerated a shift to more flexible platforms like the Sdkfz 250 half-track.

Kit Construction Notes

The Hobby Boss 1/35 kit reproduces the vehicle with close attention to scale detail. It includes over 320 plastic pieces across 13 sprues plus two photo-etched parts for enhanced realism. Slide-molded upper and lower hull parts assist in producing accurate panels and clean joins for model builders.

Collector and Diorama Value

Detailed interiors, realistic rubber tyres and the inclusion of photo-etched elements make this kit a strong candidate for display models and diorama projects that aim to show operational reconnaissance scenes.