Roy from what i've read on the net the early models only had the sand shields, the late had hooks for the screen skirts.
Early were just green and the late had the German tri color camo.
The early had the three rivets on the drivers port shield and the late had no rivets.
Everybody that builds this kit does the late tri color with screen skirts so I went with the early just to be different
The kit had the option parts for both early and late.
Tony lee