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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: andekmcc on 27 April 2010, 07:57:38 PM

Title: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: andekmcc on 27 April 2010, 07:57:38 PM: did this one slip under the net? if not i missed it, its now available on the Copplestone website

http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/range.php?range=BOB
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: Operator5 on 27 April 2010, 08:03:40 PM: It's a nice piece isn't it.

I may have to eventually add that to my growing fleet of vehicles for Back of Beyond. :D
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: ErikB on 27 April 2010, 08:17:56 PM: What are those tiny front wheels for?

And the structure with the wheels (I think they're wheels) on the treads?
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: Hammers on 27 April 2010, 08:28:21 PM: Quote from: ErikB on 27 April 2010, 08:17:56 PM
What are those tiny front wheels for?

And the structure with the wheels (I think they're wheels) on the treads?

Training wheels for junior drivers.
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: Plynkes on 27 April 2010, 08:32:03 PM: They are unditching rollers. They are to stop the front end of the vehicle burrowing itself into the earth at the bottom of a steep slope (such as a ditch etc.)
US Scout cars and half-tracks in WWII had similar contraptions.
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: Traveler Man on 29 April 2010, 03:33:28 PM: Very nice models. The designs look of the "slap some boiler plate on a car and hang as many guns as we can from it" school. Not that there's anything wrong with that! ;)
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: former user on 29 April 2010, 03:37:49 PM: (http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/images/k56putilovhalftrack.jpg)

very nice
Title: Re: Copplestone Putilov Kegresse
Post by: andekmcc on 30 April 2010, 08:15:32 AM: I like it, but is it just me or does the track mechanism look a bit cruder than the company B master shown here previously?