Tuesday 17 February 2015

Cossack combo

Behold my newly completed 1/35 scale Ural M72 Red Army motorcycle combination.

Looks familiar?  It should do.  Happily the Sovs copied several German motorcycle designs after WW2 so the hardware was the easy bit.  
The crew were already obligingly wearing greatcoats and jackboots so a quick helmet swap and the addition of a couple of folding stock AKs transforms the look of the thing.

Oh and the Cossack name?  This was the brand under which Russian built 'bikes were sold in the UK.  Let me know what you think - not least as I have another of these kits still unbuilt...

16 comments:

Paul Foster said...

What a sweet ride. Respect!

The Dancing Cake Tin said...

Vroooooomtastikski!

Pete. said...

I like it, it looks the part.

That said I would fancy my chances using it for a recce mission in WW3....

Cheers,

Pete.

tradgardmastare said...

Great conversion Tim!

Col said...

"Every Soviet citizen will wish to drive on this thing,"First Secretary Pugnov has decreed. We salute the gallant genius of Soviet Engineers in friendly competition with those of other nations!

Cheers
Col

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
An easy bodge even by my standards!

Tim Gow said...

Dancing Cake Tin
Remember to slow down for the corners...

Tim Gow said...

Pete
Well volunteered comrade. Orders will be issued soon....

Tim Gow said...

tradgardmastare
I'd hesitate to call it a conversion - mostly I just painted it a different colour!

Tim Gow said...

Col
It shows the originality which was a hallmark of the postwar Soviet automotive industry.

Pete. said...

In my head it would be a cross between Mad Max and the Great Escape with added Marxist theory.

:)

Cheers,

Pete.

Chris Kemp said...

The oil stains everywhere on your model are most realistic, Tim. I owned a Dnieper (the solo version)in 1980, and discovered that the owner's club sole topic of conversation was "where you can find spares."

Eventually, the pistons burned through on mine - yes really, so I bought a proper BMW. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be!

Regards, Chris.

Al said...

Great model!

Tim Gow said...

Pete
I like your thinking - hold that thought....

Tim Gow said...

Chris Kemp
I always knew you were a dangerous subversive.

Tim Gow said...

Al
Thanks - an easy win!