EW04 Da Vinci's Tank $25.00
This vehicle is in final tooling for production casting and should be available
soon. I will update this entry with a photo when the production castings are ready for sale!
There were hundreds of armored designs developed in Russia during
the era of the First World War. Very few of these, however, saw actual production and combat use. The unique, three wheeled Filatov
was one of the few Czarist Russian designs that saw service with the Imperial Army during WW1. Up to four crew (including one to two
gunners) were protected by 4mm of riveted armor plate atop a three wheeled, mechanized chassis designed to maximize mobility cross
country, with a narrow enough body to operate comfortably in hilly or mountainous regions (or at least that was the idea, anyway.)
General Filatov's design was produced in two major variants beginning in 1916- the initial design,which utilized dual 7.62mm machine
guns (approximately ten units completed) and a slightly later variant, completed with only one 7.62mm machine gun (approximately 20
completed).. A third variant, armed with a 25mm gun, was somewhat of a disaster and ruled "unsafe" by the Czarist Army. As a
result, only the machine gun variants were actually deployed; all models were intended to fire their weapons from the -rear- of the
vehicle. Our kit features a resin body with space for a command figure, metal hatch to model open or closed as necessary, three
metal wheels, and two 7.62mm machine gun barrels, allowing the construction of either variant. Particularly adventurous types could
easily replicate the "heavy" version by using plastic tubing mounted in one of the two gunports to the rear of the vehicle. The Filatov
saw action during WW1 and the Russian Civil War, and was still in the Soviet inventory in the late 1920s.
Sculpted by Mancha.
EW06
Garford-Putilov Armored Truck $TBD
Master is finished. Now on the way to me for final inspection, then off to the caster. Should be
available in April or May. Sculpted by Tobi Asche.
EW07 Ford Three Ton Tankette $TBD
Currently being finished by Tobi.
Should be available later this year.
