In Box Review of PST 1/72nd Scale
Soviet BZ-35S Fuel Truck
Kit no. 72043
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 2000
Available at Hobby Models for $15.95 and 2 locations overseas on the web.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 2000
Available at Hobby Models for $15.95 and 2 locations overseas on the web.
HISTORY:
The fuel truck BZ-35S as created in 1943 by mounting the tank and units of the fuel truck BZ-15 on the chassis of the automobile Studebaker US6, received by the Soviet Union from USA on the Lend-Lease Agreement.
Creation of such a fuel truck was caused by the manufacture of automobile ZIS-6, when it was stopped at the end of 1941 in connection with evacuation of the Moscow Automobile Plant.
At that time the issue of tanks and units without the chassis of the fuel truck BZ-15 was continued. The fuel truck BZ-35S were supplied to the Red Army within the Great Domestic War to fuel servicing of both aircraft and ground vehicles under field conditions.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: 6800mm
Width: 2200mm
Height: 2230mm
Weight in running order: 7600kg
Tank volume: 3200 litres
Pump: gear type
Pressure: 3.5 atm
Pressure height: 5 m
Length of hoses: Distribution hose 7.5 m, Receiving hose 6.0 m, Re-pumping hose 6.0 m
Interior surfaces of tanks and pipelines were covered with anti-corrosive zinc coating.
The fuel truck BZ-35S as created in 1943 by mounting the tank and units of the fuel truck BZ-15 on the chassis of the automobile Studebaker US6, received by the Soviet Union from USA on the Lend-Lease Agreement.
Creation of such a fuel truck was caused by the manufacture of automobile ZIS-6, when it was stopped at the end of 1941 in connection with evacuation of the Moscow Automobile Plant.
At that time the issue of tanks and units without the chassis of the fuel truck BZ-15 was continued. The fuel truck BZ-35S were supplied to the Red Army within the Great Domestic War to fuel servicing of both aircraft and ground vehicles under field conditions.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: 6800mm
Width: 2200mm
Height: 2230mm
Weight in running order: 7600kg
Tank volume: 3200 litres
Pump: gear type
Pressure: 3.5 atm
Pressure height: 5 m
Length of hoses: Distribution hose 7.5 m, Receiving hose 6.0 m, Re-pumping hose 6.0 m
Interior surfaces of tanks and pipelines were covered with anti-corrosive zinc coating.
THE KIT:
PST (Pom Snab Torg) is a model company based in Minsk, Belarus.
This kit comes in a shrink wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a BZ-35S fuel truck on a snow-covered air field with a Yak fighter parked nearby.
One side panel says the kit is suitable for ages 14 years to adult. Kit requires cement and paint. PST's street address, e-mail address, web address, FAX and telephone numbers are provided.
PST (Pom Snab Torg) is a model company based in Minsk, Belarus.
This kit comes in a shrink wrapped tray and lid type box.
The box art shows a BZ-35S fuel truck on a snow-covered air field with a Yak fighter parked nearby.
One side panel says the kit is suitable for ages 14 years to adult. Kit requires cement and paint. PST's street address, e-mail address, web address, FAX and telephone numbers are provided.
The other side panel repeats all this in in Russian and kit was made in Belarus. A warning is given to keep paint and glue out of a flame and provide good ventilation.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains a dark-grey tree, a black tree and a dark-green tree and a loose dark-green cab outer shell in a frosted sealed cello bag and a opinion card to mail in to MMD Customer Service in Carrollton, TX.
The kit contains a dark-grey tree, a black tree and a dark-green tree and a loose dark-green cab outer shell in a frosted sealed cello bag and a opinion card to mail in to MMD Customer Service in Carrollton, TX.
Tree letter A is the dark-green one. It holds: the frame, hood, fenders, leaf springs, cab floor, steering wheel, exhaust pipe, axles, engine, grill etc. (54 parts)
Lettering jumps to the letter C black tree. It holds: wheel rims, tires, fenders, pipes, tool boxes etc. (45 parts)
The dark-grey tree is not alphabetized and although it has tabs next to the parts on it, there are no numbers on these tabs. Strange!
It holds: the fuel tank parts (23 parts)
The loose dark-green cab shell is next and is the last of the plastic parts.
The decal sheet complete the kits contents.
There are are no clear parts for the cab windows, that would have been nice to have been included and no figures.
All the white markings on the decal sheet, against the white backing paper are impossible to have appear in a photo. Sorry! Only a Soviet red star can be seen in a photo.
Very nice detail for a kit in this scale. Recommended.
All the white markings on the decal sheet, against the white backing paper are impossible to have appear in a photo. Sorry! Only a Soviet red star can be seen in a photo.
Very nice detail for a kit in this scale. Recommended.