Description
Laser cut MDF model kit of a second world war era Russian Tram. The painted example is in the colours used in Stalingrad. Scale is 1:56, or suitable for 28mm figures. PLEASE NOTE that the model is supplied as an unpainted kit which will require assembly.
Completed kit measures 170mm long to the ends of the buffers x 40mm wide x 75mm high to the top of the bow collector.
Additional images courtesy of Philippe Hoebrechts of Colours of War Studio: here
Philippe (verified owner) –
Fantastic kit, it will be the most beautiful effect on my table Stalingrad!
Al Maurer (verified owner) –
What a brilliant little model!
I too planned to use it for Stalingrad but the one I saw was in Leningrad. I’m sure they were used throughout the Soviet Union and probably are not too dissimilar to those used in other European cities of the period. I’d like to know where the painter got the numerals and signs.
I should have bought more than one kit so I could make one battle-damaged.
The PDF instructions are pretty good but pay close attention to how you orient parts and always test-fit first. The kit fits perfectly together! Everything clicks into place. I would guess that you could almost assemble it all without glue. At least, temporarily.
I found that gluing it all in one go with white glue to be an advantage. There is a little wiggle room and later parts will often hold earlier parts in place when the tabs connect–so having the glue not quite dry is an advantage.
I did assemble according to the instructions except that I did both ends at the same time instead of sequentially. You could also do the undercarriage parts after snapping the bottom layer of the top in place over the windows. That bottom layer of the top was challenging to snap in for all the window tabs.
Otherwise I’d assemble it exactly as in the instructions–they’re really good except that a couple of photos could be clearer.
William Gibson Lindsay –
A well made kit which fits together so well that most of it could do without glue.
Instructions were mostly clear although some smaller details could be clearer.
I was missing some parts and Warbases very promptly sent them out enabling me to finish the model. It now looks very well among my other trams.