HobbyBoss 1:35 Soviet T-28 Medium Tank (Early)

83851

£43.00 GBP

HobbyBoss 1:35 - Soviet T-28 Medium Tank (Early) - Plastic model kit #83851

The Soviet multi-turreted T-28 entered production in 1932. The tank was intended to complement the multi-turreted heavy T-35 and break through fortified defences. The design was similar to the British Vickers A1E1 Independent tank produced in 1926. It had a large turret with a 76.2mm gun and two smaller ones with 7.62mm machine guns. From 1933 to 1941 the Soviet Union manufactured 503 T-28's. These tanks were in service during the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Winter War against Finland in 1939–1940. The T-28 was not very successful in combat and had significant flaws, but it did have a number of advanced features for the time and was superior to some of the enemy's tanks. Soviet tank designers incorporated some of the ideas tried out on the T-28 in future models.

Item No: 83851
Item Name: Soviet T-28 Medium Tank (Early)
Scale: 1:35
Item Type: Static kit
Model Dimension: Length 214mm, Width 82mm
Total Parts: 790+
Total Sprues: 20 sprues, lower hull, upper hull and turrets
Metal Parts: n/a
Photo Etched Parts: 2 pieces
Release Date: 2015-06
Chromeplate Parts: n/a
Resin Parts: n/a
Metal Parts: n/a
Photo Etched Parts: 2 pcs
Film Accessory: n/a
Release Date: 2014-07

Additional:
- The kit w/refined details consists of over 790 parts
- Multi-slide moulded turret, upper hull and lower hull
- Photo etched parts included
- Individual tracks

Collections: All, Soviet, Vehicles, WWII

Category: HobbyBoss Tanks

Type: Tanks

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Herbert George "Blondie" Hasler was a Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Marines. In 1942, a 28-year-old Hasler planned and led Operation Frankton. The operation was a commando raid on Axis shipping in the French port of Bordeaux occupied by the Germans. The mission was to attach mines to the hulls of German cargo ships. Three of the five canoes were lost on the way to the port. The surviving crewmen including Hasler reached the port successfully, placed the mines and managed to drown four cargo ships. They then walked 100 miles to a French village where they met with members of the Resistance and started their journey back to England through Spain and Gibraltar. For this operation Hasler was awarded the Distinguished Service Order by King George VI.

One kayak was damaged while being deployed from the submarine, and it and its crew therefore could not take part in the mission. Only two of the 10 men who launched from the submarine survived the raid: Hasler, and his number two in the kayak, Bill Sparks. Of the other eight, six were executed by the Germans and two died from hypothermia.

This product is available in two scales, 1:35 and 1:24 and was painstakingly designed from scratch as a digital model.

The kit includes: 2 x miniatures (Blondie Hasler and Bill Sparks) in their folding Cockle Canoe named 'Catfish' made by Campaign Models (UK).

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