Eastern ruggedness!

Ural-4320 Russian Army Truck Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 5050 L’Ural 4320 est un camion 6×6 tout-terrain, multi-usages, possédant un moteur diesel et une carrosserie blindée. Démarrée en 1977, la production se poursuit de nos jours. Engin simple et sans prétention, le véhicule est capable de franchir des tranchées et des fossés, de franchir des pentes au

Warsaw Pact Backbone

T-72B3 Russian Main Battle Tank Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 5071 Le T-72 est un char de combat conçu à l’origine comme une version simplifiée du T-64, moins chère tout en étant plus fiable et destinée à équiper massivement les armées du pacte de Varsovie. Plus de 25.000 T-72 sont sortis des diverses chaînes de fabrication.soviéto-russes, d’Europe centrale, du Moyen-Orient et

Panzer Slayer

ZIS-3 Soviet anti-tank 76-mm gun with crew Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3671 La production du canon antichar ZIS-3 de 76mm débuta en décembre 1941 ; il commença à être utilisé par l’armée rouge en 1942. En 1943, il devint le principal canon d’artillerie divisionnaire. Au total, un peu moins de cinquante mille furent construits en temps de

Upgraded Herk

American Heavy Transport Plane C-130J Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 7325 Third Hercules variant in Zvezda’s drive to get modellers to switch to bigger, larger workbenches is this C-130J. A large sturdy cardboard box holds 335 plastic parts spread over 13 sprues, one of which in clear plastic. Having built the first Zvezda C-130 kit, the content

Monster Truck

KAMAZ-43509 Truck Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3657 KAMAZ have, over the past few years, earned themselves a name in truck racing, in particular when it comes to competing in the very demanding Dakar Rally. Zvezda have recently released the 2022 variant of the massive KAMAZ-43509 ‘Master‘ that performed so well during that year’s Dakar. This is

Short-lived Scout

Soviet Light Tank T-70B Zvezda, Ref. 3631 Amongst the recent Zvezda releases is this 1/35 T-70B light tank, a vehicle that reminds me, with its rather less ‘typically soviet brutish’ look, a certain ‘Pz III’. The kit consists of 206 parts spread out on four large green plastic and one much smaller transparent plastic runners.

Maid of all Trades

US Military Multipurpose 3/4T Vehicle WC-51 “Beep” Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3656 As with the earlier Sherman M4A2 and M4A3 releases that I was given the opportunity to review, this new Zvezda offering is very well presented in its strong cardboard box and full colour sleeve showing off, almost obviously, a Soviet vehicle. Upon opening the

A Welcome Stretch

Boeing 757-300 Zvezda 1/144, Ref. 7041 Zvezda is once again filling in the gaps in modern 1/144 airliners with the recent release of the stretched 757 in injected plastic. This is of course a kit based upon their 2021 Boeing 757-200 kit that received good reviews from the airliner modelling community. The differences from the

Snap Yak

Yak-9D Soviet Fighter Zvezda 1/72, Ref. 7313 The long-range version of the famed Yak-9 is the latest aircraft release from Zvezda. Although labelled as a ‘snap fit no glue required‘ kit, it is still made up of 57 parts, two of which are molded in clear plastic. The amount of detail is impressive, shaming some

Staple Food Van

Russian Military Van UAZ 3909 Zvezda 1/35, Ref. 3644 Developped from the very similar-looking UAZ 452, the UAZ 3909 is a 4×4 combi-type vehicle designed for the transport of freight and passengers with emphasis placed on ease of maintenance, excellent cross-country ability and low purchase price. Production of the -452 started in 1965, but the