AZIMUT/IRONSIDE'S
1/35th scale GERMAN BOX CAR TYPE G10
kit no. IR039

by Ray Mehlberger

MSRP: $55.98
GREATMODELS PRICE: $44.78

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HISTORY

Unfortunately Azimut/Ironside does not provide one. Do any of my readers know anything about this box car? The instructions have a big blank area on them where I think the company maybe meant to print one and did not.

THE KIT

The kit consists of four white styrene trees that are identical and contain the parts for the wheels, axles, brakes etc. The wheels in the kit are molded as solid vs the spoked wheels shown on the box art. I would have prefered the spoked ones as they just look saltier. But I know nothing of this box car and maybe it appeared with both types. The other five trees of parts in the kit are molded in a medium gray color. No flash is evident anywhere and the parts seem rather beefy and sturdy.

One tree of gray parts is the rails and ties for the railroad road bed and a concrete telephone pole. Two other trees are identical for doing the chassis and box car floor. Two more identical trees are for the roof, sides, and doors of the box car. The parts total 108. There is also a length of steel rod included to do the foot step supports. None of these trees are marked with either a parts tree letter or part numbers. You have to carefully study the instructions and indentify the parts by their shapes. This is perhaps the weakest point of the kit. Numbers would have helped. Instructions consist of four pages and five assembly steps.

There is also a painting and decaling guide drawing.

The first step to do in the kit calls out for shortening the side members and the support beams of the cars bed by 5.5mm. No need to measure this as Azimut/Ironside has scored the parts at that point. Good move Ironside! Instructions are in French and English.

A small decal sheet is provided with all white lettering for all the multitude of stenciling seen on these box cars.

CONCLUSION

This kit looks like it will make up nicely and will be a welcome addition to the other rail cars I have by DML. I am thinking of displaying it with the doors open and some German soldiers off loading supplies onto maybe a Opel Blitz truck to forward them to the front. I assume that German soldiers also rode in these cars to the front too.

I want to thank Greatmodels store for providing this review sample.