VW82 1/12 model from Victor Ma

[borninabus]

i would like to chime in that i also bought a model from the above link and it never arrived. when i contacted their customer service, the replies were obvious scam tactics. i opened a dispute on paypal and they refunded me instantly.

i have since purchased one from amazon and it arrived quickly and was only $89.
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[Martin Southwell]

I'm pleased to say that I received a letter yesterday, stating that the money spent on 'buying' the phantom Kubel model is being returned to me by the bank, with them having submitted the evidence to Visa. A good result.

What is annoying, is the fact the web-site is still up and running, and advertising items in their 'SALE'. It's a shame that people like this can't be brought to justice.

[MrGoodtunes]

[Martin Southwell]

Worse things have happened in life, and we're not talking huge sums of money, but why do people resort to this sort of practice? Greed, or maybe the business going down the tubes. The information re this product was posted in good faith by Undis, so nobody blames him, as they themselves seem to have been caught up in the situation. Visa are now investigating, so let's see!

[Undis]

[Martin Southwell]

Thanks for that heads up. I only ordered because of the details Undis provided above, as he seems to be a font of knowledge. The legal situation here in the UK is that items under £100 ($US 134) aren't covered by legislation, and you have to try and get your money back via your Visa people. No doubt another challenge lies ahead!

[JollieOllie]

@undis and @Martin Southwell

I thought $99 was too good to be true so I went to the Scamadvisor website and the "trust score" rating for the rochobbies.com website was 17/100. Saying that the shipping company lost or accidently damaged the package is a common delay tactic. I'd go through your credit card company to try to recover your money.

[Martin Southwell]

On the strength of the above recommendation, I went on to their website, and bought a Kubel, or so I thought. I wrote to them and said that I realise that there would be extra cost to send to the UK, although it accepted a UK adddess, and could they let me know what the cost difference was. So far I've not received anything, or heard anything back from them, or any of the usual e-mail invoices etc, and how and when it is to be dispatched. I'll now have to chase up Visa to get my money returned it seems, if that hasn't already been done. What a let down!

I've just tried to send them a message to ask what is going on, using their web-site Contact messaging section, and always get the reply:
There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.
Are they still in business?

[Undis]

The RocHobby site has really good specials right now. Both the Kubelwagen and the Type 82e are 100 USD each.

https://www.rochobbies.com/

They also have lots of spare parts.

Another place for spare parts is
https://www.fmshobby.com/collections/rochobby-1-12...amp;page=2

They have even more stuff than the official site.

I bought the Type 82e direct from Roc Hobby, but sadly the courier company here in Australia lost it. Still working with the supplier to rectify. I ended up getting the civilian version instead from another vendor. It will undergo some changes later. Because it has all the nice chrome parts on it, I decided I will turn it into a VW38 on Kubelwagen chassis, IIIA-34035. I may even get a correct size figure and turn it into Herbert Kaes. Nice to have a driver at the wheel while the car is in motion.

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[VWNYCMike]

I bought one of each 82e & 87
Nothing short of fantastic !

[EverettB]

Another video - an engine

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[Tonyvan]

I got one for my birthday, but couldn't leave it stock. Painted inside and out, lowered, and added a 356 engine. I also accidentally put the rear bumper back on upside down (now rectified).

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[mandraks]

[2type2]

Where did you purchase? I got my Kommanderwagen from FairRC.Had a problem with the battery 3 prong male plug that connects to transmitter. The tamiya style plug(includes switch) is hot glued to the fenderwell under the hood. This makes it difficult to plug in the battery lead from behind, as the switch button is facing forward. But the customer service was stellar, I recieved a replacement transmitter assembly for free.
Since there are more similarities than differences between the Kommanderwagen and the colored Split, I gotta know, are the drive gears and 4 wheel drive all the same?
Regarding the directions, typical translation failures and lack of clarity.
For many years I've wondered why Chinese manufacturers don't hire native English speakers to proofread and correct that gibberish, it would be so easy.
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[Two Glove Boxes]

I got the 82E, super stoked on the detail and quality.
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Thanks Steve
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[Martin Southwell]

Are these models available in the UK/Europe?