Trumpeter 1:35 Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank

TRU05573

£64.00 GBP

Trumpeter 1:35 - Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank - Plastic model kit #05573

There were two Soviet tanks named JS-4: Object 245 JS-4 and Object 701 JS-4. The Object 245 was an improved version of the JS-2 armed with 100mm D-10T cannon. The other JS-4 tank was a new design developed by the Kirov Plant in Leningrad. Also based on the JS-2, the Object 701 featured a longer hull and an additional set of road wheels. It was powered by a better engine and equipped with thicker armour on both the hull and the turret. A 122mm gun was used as an armament. The engine cooling system of the tank was adopted from the German Panther tank of WWII.

Batch production of the JS-4 lasted from 1947 to 1949. It was ended due to the tank's low speed and mobility. Only 250 units were issued, most of which were sent to the Russian Far East.

Item No: 05573
Item Name: Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank
Scale: 1:35
Item Type: Static Kit
Model Dimensions: Length 285.8mm, Width 96.5mm
Total Parts: 530+
Metal Parts: copper cable, spring, gun barrel
Photo Etched Parts: 1 piece
Total Sprues: 23 sprues, upper hull, lower hull and turret
Release Date: 2014-04

Additional:
- The kit consists of over 530 parts
- Refined detail
- Multi-slide moulded lower hull and upper hull
- 180 individual track links
- Photo-etched parts included

Collections: All, Soviet, Vehicles

Category: Trumpeter 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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