AFV Club Sd.Kfz.263

[arkbuilder2012]

Been working slowly on the AFV Club Sd.Kfz.263. Nice kit though a bit involved.

[RonBurgundy]

Nice job. Interior looks awesome.

[InitialProduction1]

Really great build arkbuilder2012, love the interior, I'm with you on the kit very busy. And Why put such a awesome interior in a kit, that has NO way to show it off, unless you'd cut the heck out of it odd.

[Stokesy44]

Fantastic detail. That's a sweet looking build, crazy detail on the suspension, superb stuff

[HamilkarBarkas]

Sweet! Hopefully the interior remains visible, would be a shame to hide it.

[d6mst0]

Really nice work on the interior. That is one strange vehicle, what was it purpose?

[Tiger213]

very nice interior... keep on, you are doing a great job

[arkbuilder2012]

Really nice work on the interior. That is one strange vehicle, what was it purpose?

It was a communications command post. I toyed with the idea of adding a radio rack similar to what is in the Sd.Kfz.251 but, 1. I have no references as to where it would go and 2. once it is closed up you won't really see it. I do plan on having two crew members for the rear hatch and hatch on top.

[arkbuilder2012]

Sweet! Hopefully the interior remains visible, would be a shame to hide it.

Thanks. It's been a fun build. Luckily the kit also includes the markings I wanted to build from a pictures in Panzer Colors II.

[CharleyGnarlyP290]

That is a great looking kit. I also am digging the interior. And the wheel angles look perfect. I had a rough time getting that right on a 232 I built years ago.
I really like this vehicle since it is not as commonly seen as the 232. The first time I saw one was a conversion Shepard Paine did in the Tips on Building Dioramas for Monogram in the '70s. He used a monogram 232 and scratch built the upper superstructure to make it a 263.

[arkbuilder2012]

That is a great looking kit. I also am digging the interior. And the wheel angles look perfect. I had a rough time getting that right on a 232 I built years ago.
I really like this vehicle since it is not as commonly seen as the 232. The first time I saw one was a conversion Shepard Paine did in the Tips on Building Dioramas for Monogram in the '70s. He used a monogram 232 and scratch built the upper superstructure to make it a 263.

Thanks for the comment. References for these are hard to come by. I had help with the wheel angles, someone scanned an image from a book about the 8 rads. Used that to create a template based on the measurements of the kit and went from there

[CharleyGnarlyP290]

Yeppers! That is the illustration I have seen before.