Trumpeter 1/35 Russian BTR-50PK APC | 01582Soviet Russian amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier based on the PT 76 light tank chassis, 'PK' variant with armored troop compartment roof. Kit has detailed exterior including lower hull surfaces and running gear, 1 piece vinyl track lengths, separately molded hatches and on vehicle equipment, bow splash guard, nylon cord tow cable and photo etch parts (engine grilles and brush guards). Color painting guide for 2 vehicles: Red Army and East German No

- Detailed gearbox has multi-part assembly

including the turret side escape hatch can be modeled open or closed

11/4 was a modified version of the basic 11/1 3 ton and was used to tow 10cm mortars and later to carry 15cm and 21cm Nebelwerfer rockets

Separate rear panel with separate rear armoured hatch and crew entry doors

This highly detailed plastic kit includes photo-etch parts

Turret rendered w/excellent detail

main turret with whip antenna

due to problems traced back to the engines

A longer tail wheel leg raised the fin

5kg and had a specially shortened barrel (74

A quarter of a million German soldiers suffered frostbite in that first Russian winter simply because they were ill equipped and poorly supplied with appropriate cold-weather gear

III tank such as the one recently released by Dragon