Friday 20 October 2017

Komsomolets from Baker Company

I have a bunch of vehicles from Baker Company and the Winter War kickstarter they had a couple of years ago. Our Winter War project was placed on hold and the vehicles just laid there.
I had an idea of using some of them for pulp gaming, either 1930’s Pulp alley or 60’s/70’s 7TV. I did a truck a while ago and this time it was the Komsomolets tractor that got some love.
Evil minions are often seen riding on strange wheeled or tracked vehicles in their masters lairs (they seem unable to walk even short distances in cult movies) and a Komsomolets looks just the part.
I painted it dark green, so it could be used in an actual WWII game without looking totally out of place and an evil overlord would probably be pleased with the paintjob also.
I got two sets of crew; one could be used as Soviets while this one got a suitable minion-look paintjob.

Just as with the truck we have a really nice resin-body, but the metal parts are rather crappy and the crew are not the best out there. A pity as it’s a fun little vehicle.

13 comments:

  1. So it's the love child of a Bren Gun carrier and two park benches, with a lid on the crew?

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    1. it's a fun little thing. Must have been hellishly cramped for the crew, though.

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    2. Now you've just made me splutter my coffee all over the keyboard.

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  2. http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/komsomolets_artillery_tractor.php

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  3. Cute! (Which is really not a word that should be used about armoured vehicles, I'm sure!)

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    1. Hahaha!
      Well, in this case it seem appropriate.

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  4. A neat little piece. I do like those pre-war tracked carriers.

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  5. Certainly a quirky little miniature :-)

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