Aviacom Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Hi, Anyone know where I can lay my hands on a 1/32 Soviet Jet starter cart please? Or Even some pictures so I can have a go at scratch building one? I’ve trawled the web but can’t find anything!? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Pretty certain none exist, what era are you looking at - I'm assuming they were upgraded over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 None exists alas. Warpac air forces base equipment availability is close to nil in large scale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Trying to get a manufacturer interested in doing some Soviet era stuff atm, I think there could be enough interest out there. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime I suppose it's scratchbuild or nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviacom Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 I’m doing a MiG-23 so anything from that timeline really. I suppose 1960’s to present. I can’t find any pictures either to work from unless anyone can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 15 hours ago, Aviacom said: Hi, Anyone know where I can lay my hands on a 1/32 Soviet Jet starter cart please? Or Even some pictures so I can have a go at scratch building one? I’ve trawled the web but can’t find anything!? Thanks most Soviet ground equipment were'n carts,but based on trucks so first you have to have these trucks,mostly ZIL,URAL,MAZ,KRAZ some of them maybe exist in 1/35 Then all the equipment on them Kagemusha, Alain Gadbois and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Soviet starters were in the name APA-X, current truck is APA-5D starter truck, based on Ural 4320 chassis. If I remember correctly, previous was APA-5, based on Ural-375D chassis. Chassis and conversion kits for 375 exist in 1/35 scale. if you're lucky, you may find the OOP APA-5D conversion from HAD models in Hungary. I too hope that such a truck will come out in 1/32 scale, but you all know, there is even no IM WW2 jeep in 1/32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviacom Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 I’ve been watching many YouTube videos of Russian and Polish MiG’s on startup, and many of them use a starter or Ground Power Unit that is basically a square box on wheels, the front two wheels are obviously movable to steer the unit. The GPU actually looks very similar to the British ‘Houchin’ GPU except the Russian/Polish Unit doesn’t have the ‘Side Trays’. So, it would seem right to scratch build this unit, or even use some of the parts from the 1/32 Flightpath ‘Houchin’ GPU to use as a basis?? I've searched the web for the aforementioned HAD Models conversion for the APA-5D unit but to no avail. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Finaly, the APA-5D may come in 1/32 by HAD models : see following link : https://www.hadmodels.com/ural-4320-apa5d-full-resin-kit--in-scale-132 cheers LSP_K2 and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I contacted HAD models in order to know how they progresses on the resin APA-5D russian starter truck. They said the design is done, ready for 3D print LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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