Aerosan NKL-26
Scale : 1:25
Author : František Novotný, Dalibor Knotek
Source : PK Graphica
I will add this winter model to cool it down a bit. I have several Aerosans, now I finally put together the first of them. This is an older model from PK Graghica, which was first published in 1997. A few words about the originals:
The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine. Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
A few words about the model:
As is my custom, I also modified this model a little, which includes the following modifications:
-interior modified dashboard-glazed alarm clocks (this is not very visible)
-other modifications are already in the exterior. Mainly the engine is modified, where I indicated the finning of the cylinders. completed the inside of the headlight including the bulb, rebuilt the suspension, where instead of the drawn spring I wound a wire, which made a pretty nice spring. I made minor adjustments to the skis, the machine gun, I added rivets and bullet holes... The model is already printed with a small patina, in the finale I added more rust and finally snow... I placed the model on a snowy mat. A few photos:
Scale : 1:25
Author : František Novotný, Dalibor Knotek
Source : PK Graphica
I will add this winter model to cool it down a bit. I have several Aerosans, now I finally put together the first of them. This is an older model from PK Graghica, which was first published in 1997. A few words about the originals:
The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 (OSGA-6). It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G aircraft engine. Each NKL-26 was operated by two crewmen. Combat Aerosans often worked with ski infantry battalions, and could carry four ski troops riding outside the vehicle on its skis or towed behind.
A few words about the model:
As is my custom, I also modified this model a little, which includes the following modifications:
-interior modified dashboard-glazed alarm clocks (this is not very visible)
-other modifications are already in the exterior. Mainly the engine is modified, where I indicated the finning of the cylinders. completed the inside of the headlight including the bulb, rebuilt the suspension, where instead of the drawn spring I wound a wire, which made a pretty nice spring. I made minor adjustments to the skis, the machine gun, I added rivets and bullet holes... The model is already printed with a small patina, in the finale I added more rust and finally snow... I placed the model on a snowy mat. A few photos:
