Inspired by a World War II photo, Vladimir Demchenko sculpted five RKKA - Raboche Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya / Red Army Tanker figures in 1/35 scale to show the same scene on the photo.

The first kit of the series B6-35138 RKKA Tank Crew - 1 1943-1945 includes one standing figure in typical Soviet tanker uniform.

Figure comes in company’s light brown cardboard box labeled with a photo of the painted figure. Inside the box, parts are served with casting blocks and inserted into transparent zip-lock bags - one for body, another for head and arm. Sculpting and casting quality are nice in clean and crisp details. No casting mistakes and no need to clean on the sample.

Figure comes in 3 pieces ; Body, head and right arm with a cigarette at hand.

He wears traditional Russian Army cotton-wool padded / quilted winter jacket - Telogreika with a leather belt on the waist and baggy look trousers - Sharovari  with reinforcement patches on the knees. Body proportions, pose balance, folds , wrinkles and details on uniform like collar, padded texture with vertical sewing lines, side pockets, pistol belt over the jacket are nicely sculpted. As for the footgear; he has knee high black leather or kirza / artificial leather Jackboots.

Facial features and tanker helmet details are well defined. He has a WW II canvas Soviet Tanker helmet with horizontal pad to the forehead , three padded ridges to the crown running front to back, pocket pouches to the ears for fitting the integral earphones and rear neck flap folded upwards.

Conclusion : This is another nice posed, very well sculpted and cast tanker figure to create the scene on the photo but also can be  displayed next to all Soviet armor during World War II.

Thanks to BRAVO-6 for the review sample.

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