Trumpeter 1/72 Voroshilovets Tractor
| KIT #: | 07110 |
| PRICE: | $12.00 |
| DECALS: | One option |
| REVIEWER: | Scott Van Aken |
| NOTES: | 2017 tooling |
| HISTORY |
The Voroshilovets is a World War 2 era tracked prime mover of Soviet origin. It was developed in the late 1930's as a more powerful alternative to the Komintern prime mover. The tracked chassis was very useful in the Russian climate with its mud in the summer and snow in the winter.
The chassis of the Voroshilovets is based on the T-24 tank. The chassis has two bogies with 4 roadwheels each. The Voroshilovets retains the rear drive sprocket but the engine is mounted in the large bonnet at the front. The cab seats three people. The rear of the vehicles makes up a load platform. This may seat the gun crew and allows for ammunition to be carried.
The Voroshilovets may tow artillery pieces and trailers up to 18 t. This allows it to tow the heaviest Soviet artillery pieces. The cargo platform holds up to 3 t of cargo or seats up to 16 people. The Voroshilovets was also used as recovery vehicle and was able to rescue medium and heavy tanks stuck in mud or snow.
The tracked chassis provides the Voroshilovets with good all terrain mobility. The road speed is rather limited at a maximum of 34 km/h. The mobility comes at the cost of a high fuel consumption.
| THE KIT |
The
kit is actually quite simple with a paucity of parts. There is one sprue with
the chassis, bed, canvas top, cab. and the two sections of track with some of
the road wheels as separate, bagged parts. Though the box art shows clear
sections, none are included.
One begins the build by attaching the rest of the suspension/road wheels, idler gear and sprocket to the track piece. Track mounting pieces are then glued to the hull and the track attached. This is followed by the interior and the cab which is then attached to the hull. The front piece, bed and the top are then glued in place and that's it. As I said, it is a simple kit. Though two markings options are shown, there is really only one scheme, which is Russian green for the vehicle with khaki for the top, and of course, the different shades of rust and steel for the tracks. Decals can be used as you wish and are only shown for one option.
| CONCLUSIONS |
This is a great kit for when you are fed up with building fiddly models and just want to whip something out in a fairly short period of time. Though it is a gun tractor, it would have been nice if it were paired with a gun.
| REFERENCES |
https://weaponsystems.net/system/387-Voroshilovets
January 2026
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