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WWII Soviet Army Tank Crewman 1942

Trumpeter, 1/16 scale

Reviewed and Built by Andrew Judson

 

Summary

Stock No.

Trumpeter WWII Soviet Army Tank Crewman 1942 Item No 00701

Contents and Media:

Plastic parts

Price:

around AUD$22.50 (distributed in Australia by J.B. Wholesalers)

Scale:

1/16

Review Type:

First Look and First Build

Advantages:

Well detailed; esy to build; versatile usage in a vignette or with a vehicle

Disadvantages:

Recommendation:

Highly Recommended


FirstLook

This release appears to be a new venture for Trumpeter, being a 1/16 scale figure of a Russian tanker in WWII.
As first in hopefully what becomes a series, l look forward to them hitting the shelves as this is a really nice figure in injected plastic.

The pose on the box art shows him leaning on a T-34, but since l dont have one lying around, l improvised a fence for him to lean on instead.

Looking inside the box, you wont be disappointed. There are a couple of frets with all the parts and a nice display base included. In total there are fifteen parts for the figure and then some spares left over like a pistol holster and a PPsh-41 machine gun. For the gun there is also a small etch set, though there are no instructions for it,a little dissapointing.

Constructing this figure was very easy and involved minimal cleaning. I pretty much put everything together, except for the arms so as to make painting the hands and pistol holster easier.

 

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Painting was all done with Tamiya and Citadel Acrylic paints and was alot of fun, especially when doing the black overalls using different tones. For a final finish l then lightly dusted everything with Mig pigments to tone areas down a little.

The base is the one included in the kit with some very basic ground work and a fence, and for a final finishing touch l added the gun,also leaning on the fence.

In summary, this is a great figure, and l highly recommend him to all.

Thanks to J.B. Wholesalers for the review sample.