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Kit um301 - Russian BT-5
Kit um302 - Russian BT-2 (From this model you can made some early variants with mg. etc)
Kit um303 - Artillery Tank D-38 (Tank BT-2 w/A-43 turret)
BT-5
This is not a 'new' manufacturer, but rather a new name for kits produced in a partnership between Skif in the Ukraine and IBG in Poland. The BT-5 kit consists of four sprues of 99 finely moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks) with very nice raised detail. Also included is a small photo etched fret with grills and a few other 'details' and a set of decals with markings for three vehicles.
All road wheels and suspension arms are moulded separately with 13 pieces to each 'track' (you have the option of assembling the tank with tracks or just with wheels). The six parts turret and gun (both are moveable) has an optional position rear access door but all other hatches (on the turret and upper hull) are moulded in the closed position....there is no interior detail.
BT-2
This of course, is the same kit as the BT-5 but with different decals and the small sprue containing the turret and gun (both are smaller on the BT-2). In all, there are 102 crisp, clean injection moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks) with good detail (a few sink holes, but they are on the inside and won't be seen)....a small photo etched fret (engine grills etc.) and the decals, which have markings for three Soviet BT-2s.
SU76 SPG (SU12?) closed version
Up to the usual Unimodel (Skif) high standards, this much anticipated kit has six sprues of 109 crisp, clean injection moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks), a small photo etched fret and a set of decals with markings for two
Soviet SU-76s. All road wheels and suspension arms are moulded separately, while the four part hull has two optional position hatches (but no interior detail). The upper hull is nicely detailed and a number of accessories are supplied, including tool boxes, a spot light and tow hook.
T-70
This is the second release from the Skif/IBG 'Unimodel' partnership and it looks just as good as the first (the BT-5). There are 107 'long run' injection moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks) with fine raised detail. There's
also a small fret of photo etched parts and a decal sheet with markings for three tanks (one is shown in a colour three view on the back of the box). All road wheels and suspension arms are separate mouldings, the gun and turret are designed to move and upper hull accessories include ammo boxes, lights, towing hook and a spare wheel. While there is no interior detail there are optional position hatched in the turret and at the front of the upper hull.
T-80
Virtually the same kit as the T-70M but with a larger (two hatch) turret and gun...and different decals. As with the T-70 there are 107 'long run' injection moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks) with fine raised detail. There's also a small fret of photo etched parts. The decal sheet has markings for just the one Soviet tank (a colour three view is on the back of the box). All road wheels and suspension arms are separate mouldings, the gun and turret are designed to move and
upper hull accessories include ammo boxes, lights, towing hook and a spare wheel. While there is no interior detail there are optional position hatched in the turret and at the front of the upper hull.
SU76M SPG - open version
Same road wheels, 'link and length' tracks, lower hull and gun as the SU-76 but the rest is all new. Not only is there the new upper hull, with it's 'open' rear section but it's fully detailed along with ammo boxes and 31 rounds of ammunition. The back section of the gun is now included and it's fully detailed as well. In all there are 150 crisp, clean injection moulded parts with nice raised detail, a small photo etched fret and a set of decals with markings for four vehicles (all 1944).
ZSU-37 (1944 version)
A dozen or so parts make this versionslightly different from the ZSU-37 1943, released a while ago. You now get 129 crisp, clean, injection moulded parts (with good raised detail)...including 'link and length' tracks, separate road wheels and suspension arms. The 'open' gun turret is fully detailed and there's an optional position driver's compartment hatch. The decal sheet has markings for just the one vehicle.
BT7 M1935
Same kit as the BT-5 but with a different upper hull, decals and etched set. There are 105 crisp, clean injection moulded parts (including 'link and length' tracks) with fine raised detail. The decal sheet has markings for two vehicles...Khasan lake 1938 and Khalkhin-Gol river 1939. The etched fret has engine grill covers. As with the BT-5, all road wheels are moulded separately (but not the suspension arms) and the turret is moveable.
Model built by Zhenmin Han
Model built by Al Magnus
Model built by Zhenmin Han
RBT-5 with Rockets
This is the rocket launcher version of the BT-5 ... so the kit is a re-issue of the BT-5 wheel/track tank, but with an extra 20 parts which provide you with two rockets and their launcher/mounts, to fit on each side of the turret. In all, there are 117 crisp, clean injection moulded parts (with nice raised detail), a small photo etched fret (including engine grills) and a comprehensive instruction sheet...but no decals. Tracks are of the link and length variety, all raod wheels are separate
moundings and the turret and gun are both moveable. There are no optional position hatches.
T26 with turret A43
With Unimodel kits being made by Skif in the Ukraine, it's not surprising this is a re-issue of the Skif T-26...still with the vinyl tracks but with the addition a small photo etched fret... as well as the new 'A-43' turret (designed by N.Dyrenkov). In all, there are 108 injection moulded parts, the two vinyl tracks and the etched set (no decals). All road wheels are separate mouldings (hence the high number of parts) and the upper hull has optioinal position hatches...but
no interior detail. The turret, which also has an optional position hatch, is moveable but the gun isn't.
T26-4 Artillery Tank
Another version of the original Skif T-26 kit, this is virtaully the same as the Unimodel T-26 w/A-43 turret, but with an enlarged turret, a KT canon and two DT machine guns. There are 109 crisp, clean injection moulded parts, a small photo etched fret and two 'vinyl' tracks...but no decals.
T-26 'twin turret' 1931 version)
Another re-issue of the old Skif T-26 ('rubber band' tracks) but with a new 'twin turret' sprue. The rest of the kit is pretty much the same ...125 injection moulded
parts (separate road wheels and suspension arms), a small photo etched fret and a decal sheet with markings for three tanks (2x Soviet, 1x Finnish).
(Built model by Oto Stahl)
BA-10 armoured car
This is the first Unimodel kit not to included photo etched parts...but you do get rubber tyres (12 of them). Along with the tyres, there are 82 crisp, clean injection
moulded parts with restrained raised detail ... and a small decal sheet with markings for three vehicles. There is no engine or interior detail and no optional position
hatches...however, there is good chassis detail with separate wheels, brake drums, axles, suspension, drive shafts, exhaust, transmission and sump. The turret is
moveable but not the guns. Accessories include two rear mud guard mounted storage boxes and side mounted spare wheel.
BA-6 armoured car
Similar to the BA-10 but not the same...a different shaped body and turret. There are 78 ( 57 of them are 'common' with the BA-10 kit) crisp, clean, injection
moulded parts, 12 rubber tyres and a set of decals with markings for two Soviet vehicles (one from 1938, the other...1943). As with the BA-10, there is no interior
detail nor optional position doors or hatches but the turret is moveable and the underside has reasonable detail.
BA-3 armoured car
This is just a re-issue of the BA-6, with a couple of detail changes to the upper body shell...so minor they are hard to notice! The new decal sheet has markings for
two vehicles...one from 1935, the other from 1941.
(Built model by Oto Stahl)
(Built model by Oto Stahl)
BT-2 w/machineguns
This likes a re-issue of the original Unimodel BT-2 (kit number 302) but there are some differences...most of the parts are identical, instead of the 37mm canon you use the two machine guns (supplied
in both kits). The other more important difference are, besides the box art and instructions, this kit include the original BT-2 wheels (not the BT-5 wheels) and the decal sheet which now has markings for one Moscow based BT-2 (1933) and one
Belarus based tank from 1936. The kit has link and length tracks, separate road wheels, etched grills and moveable turret and guns.
Built Model by Zhenmin Han
Model built by Luis Bariffo from Argentina
Model built by Luis Bariffo from Argentine - (too few interior parts !)
Model built by Luis Bariffo - (too few interior details!)
"Al Magnus Review UM-365"
M4A2 engine deck
Kit um407 - BT-2 w/ 76,2 mm gun - ("Military UM Technics") - announced
Kit um408 - CT-26 - ("Military UM Technics") - announced
Armored self-propelled railroad car D-37 with D-38 turret was developed in USSR in 1932. It was designed for railroad tracks protection as well as scout car for armored trains. D-37 had unibody welded from 6-12 mm armored plates. 40 h.p. Ford engine was located in the lower part while armament was located at the top. It was manned by 6 troops. D-37 was able to move with the same speed forward as well as backwards. Armament consisted of 76mm (1927) gun and two side machine guns (DT). Anti-aircraft weapon station with twin 'Maxim' machine guns was fitted in the rear of the compartment closed by two-part hatch. The hatch was opened for combat and station was raised up. It was never entered production but served as a base for more advanced armored car DT-45.
Armored self-propelled railroad car DT-45 was developed in USSR in 1933 by modernization of it's predecessor D-37. It was designed for railroad tracks protection as well as scout car for armored trains. Cylindrical turret from T-26 tank with 45 mm gun was fitted to the unchanged hull of D-37. Radio set 71TK with rail antenna was also installed. It was manned by 7 troops. To improve mobility special equipment was installed to allow DT-45 to be easily transferred on to parallel track. It was successfully tested but never went into production because of shortage of manufacturing abilities. However, experimental units were used for training up to the beginning of WWII.
The OB-3 light armored train was an attempt by the Red Army to reconstitute the armored train forces quickly and inexpensively after the severe losses of 1941. The artillery cars are on simple two-axle wagons with only a single turret.
Armored train.
In Soviet Union from the beginning of the Second World War and till the end of 1941 armored trains were intensively manufactured. As a rule, they were
built on the locomotive and car-repair factories, and in various railway depots from the improvised materials and accessories. Very often parts of
the tanks broken in fights were applied to construction of armored trains. From a few tens of the built armored trains the main part was of the
OB-3 type (facilitated).
The armored train "Railroader" was made in Moscow depot in December 1941. It was the typical representative of this kind. It consisted of 4 armored platforms (armored carriages), constructed on the basis of 20 ton platforms, with one tank turret (?-26) on each of them, and of armored locomotive of type ?? which was put in the middle of structure between two pairs of platforms. This train was armored by plates in the thickness of 20-30mm (steam locomotive) and 30-40mm (carriages) from ordinary constructional steel. It was passed in structure of 23 battalions under ?1 at the beginning of 1942. The crew of the armored train consisted of 60-80 people.
It took part in battle operations and was in a field army till the end of the Second World War. Experience of application in fights of such armored trains has revealed many lacks, especially weak air forces protection; however they have served as a prototype for creation in further of more perfect constructions of the armored trains.
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The Ukrainian manufacturer "Unimodel (UM)" is splitted in two branches.
Here is the list of kits (some news included) that should be sold under brand "UM-c or Military UM Technics?" in the future.
UM 217 T-26
UM 218 T-26-1
UM 219 OT-130
UM 220 OT-133
UM 301 BT-5
UM 302 BT-2
UM 303 D-38
UM 310 BT-7 (1935)
UM 314 T-26 with turret A-43
UM 315 T-26 with artillery turret
UM 316 T-26
UM 324 T-26 Chemical tank
UM 338 BT-2 (machine-gun)
UM 360 BT-5 (with cylindrical turret)
UM 361 T-26-4 (with cylindrical turret)
UM 401 T-26 tracks - **released
UM 402 T-26-1 E NEW - **released
UM 403 T3 Christie - **released
UM 404 T-26-TN/T-26-T - **released
UM 405 T-26/BT-2 - **released
UM 406 BT-5 w/RS-132 - **released
UM 407 BT-2 w/ 76,2 mm gun SOON
UM 408 CT-26 SOON
All kits should include hard plastic tracks.
More info when available!
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E-mail to Military UM Technics
To the web-site from UM Technics, a manufacturer from Ukraine.
E-mail to Henk Timmerman / HenkofHolland