Copplestone Putilov Kegresse

[andekmcc]

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

[Operator5]

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.

[ErikB]

What are those tiny front wheels for?

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

[Hammers]

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.

[Plynkes]

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.

[Traveler Man]

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! 

[former user]

very nice

[andekmcc]

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?