With not a lot to do on Sunday 10 here in NZ - I pulled out the 15mm WW2 Soviets for their own parade. These are all the original, resin and metal models from the time the company was really just a cottage industry, run out of Marua Rodd in Auckland by Mark of "1866 and All That", with our gaming buddies Paul and Andrew working there at different times, and a couple of others also involved.
Assault guns and later war tanks at the rear, T34/76 and KV 1 at the front
I did have some KV 2 but back then, I did not like the disproportionately large square turret, and I sold them off to someone.
The aircraft are premade/pre painted 1:144 models I got for next to nothing out of a hobby store in Hong Kong - isn't the internet a wonderful tool?!
All stars, numbers and slogans were hand painted on - I must have been mad!
Goodness knows if they slogans are correct - in pre internet days, I got a Russian language dictionary from the library and just cobbled together phrases like "To Berlin" or "To The West" etc!
BUT wait ........ there's MORE!
I found a fourth box and decided for completeness, I needed to parade them as well!
Huge SU 152 assault guns at the rear then winter camo T34/85 and other assault guns, BT7 fast tanks and some transport for the infantry!
A lot of Lend Lease American transport - mainly because, at the time (early to mid 1990's) Battlefront did not do any Russian trucks etc.
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