COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set (2403)

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The COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set 2403 features 200 highly detailed brick parts and colorful, easy to read detailed instructions.  The COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set parts all work perfectly with LEGO and you will be impressed with LEGO quality of COBI sets.  FREE Shipping on orders over $50! Ships fast with tracking number from our Montana USA home business.

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COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set (2403)

The COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set 2403 features 200 highly detailed brick parts and colorful, easy to read detailed instructions.  The COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN parts all work perfectly with LEGO and you will be impressed with the quality of COBI sets.  COBI Sets differ in that they offer many more pieces and the majority of the parts are unique to COBI.

The COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN 2403 includes 1 figure and all the markings are pad printed so stickers are not necessary.

Both children and adults will get hours of enjoyment from this COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set 2403.  Whether you are buying to display or play, Cobi Brick sets will not disappoint.  Ships quickly from Billings, MT USA with tracking number.

Also consider the COBI Kubelwagen 2402

German SCHWIMMWAGEN History:

The VW Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagen (literally Swimming Car) were amphibious four-wheel drive off-roaders, used extensively by German ground forces during the Second World War. The Type 166 is the most numerous mass-produced amphibious car in history

Volkswagen Schwimmwagens used the engine and mechanicals of the VW Type 86 four-wheel drive prototype of the Kübelwagen and the Type 87 four-wheel drive ‘Kübel/Beetle’ Command Car, which in turn were based on the platform of the civilian Volkswagen Beetle. Erwin Komenda, Ferdinand Porsche’s first car body designer, was forced to develop an all-new unitized bodytub structure since the flat floorpan chassis of the existing VW vehicles was unsuited to smooth movement through water. Komenda patented his ideas for the swimming car at the German Patent office.

The earliest Type 128 prototype was based on the full-length Kübelwagen chassis with a 240 cm (7.9 ft) wheelbase. Pre-production units of the 128, fitted with custom welded bodytubs, demonstrated that this construction was too weak for tough off-roading, had insufficient torsional rigidity, and easily suffered hull-ruptures at the front cross-member, as well as in the wheel-wells. This was unacceptable for an amphibious vehicle. The large-scale production models (Type 166) were therefore made smaller, and had a wheel-base of only 200 cm (6.6 ft).

VW Schwimmwagens were produced by the Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben / Wolfsburg and Porsche’s facilities in Stuttgart; with the bodies (or rather hulls) produced by Ambi Budd in Berlin. 15,584 Type 166 Schwimmwagen cars were produced from 1941 through 1944; 14,276 at Fallersleben and 1,308 by Porsche. Given these numbers, the VW 166 is the most mass-produced amphibious car in history.  Only 189 are known by the Schwimmwagen Registry to remain today, and only 13 have survived without restoration work.

For more information on the real vehicle that inspired the COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set 2403 check out wikipedia here.

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5 reviews for COBI SCHWIMMWAGEN Set (2403)

  1. Joe Zilafro (verified owner)

    A big improvement over the earlier schwimmer, a lot of detail and looks great when its finished !

  2. Woozle (verified owner)

    As the other reviewer said, lot’s of detail, it includes stamping on the drivers hand side that I believe is the maximum loaded weight of the vehicle in the water. You can actually fit four cobi minifigures in semi-uncomfortably. The Luftwaffe field division guy it came in was a neat treat as a luftwaffe collector.

  3. Adrianne (verified owner)

    My 11 yr old son enjoys this set. There is a lot of detail and he uses it in his WW11 displays.

  4. Aaron (verified owner)

    My kid is obsessed with the schwimm and was thrilled with this set. It’s small but has tons of great details and highly playable.

  5. Richard Bowman (verified owner)

    I’ve seen several examples of the schwimmwagen in museums, so I knew I had to have this kit. It is very accurate with good details.

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