New Black Army Release: 1/56 Garford Putilov Armored Truck

[Doc Twilight]

Hello, everyone.

As long delayed, and even longer promised, here at last is our Garford-Putilov Armored Truck in 1/56 (28-32mm) scale, sculpted by Tobi.
The Garford-Putilov was a Russian design, first proposed in 1914 and seeing service shortly thereafter with the Imperial Russian Army. It subsequently saw service in the Russian Civil War, the Russo-Polish War, in the service of the Freikorps, and (according to at least one source) during the Chinese Civil War. I'm placing it here because it was a WW1 design, used throughout the First World War, but you could very easily use it up until 1941 - when the last Garford was destroyed by the advancing German Army.

Our kit is a resin/metal hybrid piece, cast by Valiant. The hull, turret, and 57mm gun are separate resin pieces; four wheels (two front, two back), two axles, and three machine guns are cast in metal. Designed to be compatible with 28mm and 32mm m iniatures. A very good size, but surprisingly light thanks to the caster's hard work with the resin components. Assembles fairly easily, and requires minimal flash cleanup.

Check out the sweet rivet work, man!;)

Will be sold beginning at $30US, and is available now.

Left side view, showing the left side machine gun sponson.


Rear view, showing the turret. (I've magnetized my example model in this case with a small rare earth magnet.)


Hope you enjoy,

Alex