This is the Mirage Hobby 1/35 scale model of the "Kubuś" improvised armored truck, used by the Polish Home Army during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. The history is pretty interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubu%C5%9BFor a modern kit, this kit sucks. I've built older Mirage kits that had better instructions and better molding. In any case, I was still able to build this in three days (being on vacation helped).
These are the two main components. The interior only has two supports, a seat and a steering wheel. I added a second seat for the gunner, and painted everything in a rust color after I took this picture.
![](http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/Images/kb/k1.jpg)
I didn't really try to match the original camo pattern, just went for something "representative". The original still exists and it looks like it was brush painted.
![](http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/Images/kb/k2.jpg)
![](http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/Images/kb/k3.jpg)
![](http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/Images/kb/k4.jpg)
![](http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/Images/kb/k5.jpg)
Despite the crappy instructions, the kit does have a nice sheet with the vehicle's history, options to build the original or the replica, and a section indicating the bullet holes in the steel armor.
It looks pretty nice when finished. I didn't weather it much because it went into battle straight from the "factory" - the paint was probably still a little wet. I just noticed that I left the Notek lamp off...