Robert Stuart Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Something I think of when I think or Russia is the Cossack horsemen. Not always popular with the rest of the population, the Cossacks are an iconic peoples who have played a major part in Russian history. This will be a build of the Italeri 'Soviet Cavalry WWII Cossacks' kit - or, probably, two of their kits. Each box contains two riders and their horses. Three sprues, containing two riders and their horses. Instructions: the long and complicated short and simple instructions ... extending over many pages the back of the box. At some stage Zvezda sold the same figures, offering two sets of figures (i.e. four figures in one box). This is , I think, the first time I've tackled a Zvezda kit - even by association. Thanks to Basilisk for giving the go-ahead for this build. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) Will you be creating a little scene for them robert maybe a field gun, don't want to create work for you but a nice vignette in the making there,,just noticed you have them as 1/48 and i see 1/35 on the box? Edited April 29, 2017 by Hewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Your welcome. It is great you enter the Cossacks in this GB. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 5 hours ago, Hewy said: Will you be creating a little scene for them robert maybe a field gun, don't want to create work for you but a nice vignette in the making there,,just noticed you have them as 1/48 and i see 1/35 on the box? Thanks Hewy, I've corrected the scale. Not a field gun, but I may go for a scene of some sort. The horses are all galloping, and it would be a pity to leave them as just stand alone characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) This is going to be great. Looking forward to this build. You could do something 'modern' for them to be charging - juxtaposition of mechanised and 19th century warfare.. is Edited April 29, 2017 by Grey Beema 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 47 minutes ago, Grey Beema said: This is going to be great. Looking forward to this build. You could do something 'modern' for them to be charging - juxtaposition of mechanised and 19th century warfare.. is Thanks Gary, I'll have a think about something 'modern'. Not sure what at this stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 A little progress - legs assembled. I will need to wave some filler at these, but nothing unexpected. The bases are temporary, but will give me a handle to hold the horses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehammer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Very nice start. I like how you swapped around the horse halves for variety. A word of caution... the sabres are extremely flimsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 11 minutes ago, Bonehammer said: Very nice start. I like how you swapped around the horse halves for variety. A word of caution... the sabres are extremely flimsy. Thanks Bonehammer, I feel the swap gives them more life. I'll look out for the sabres - especially as I suspect, flimsy as they may be, thel'll want to be even thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 This is such a great entry. Looking forward to watching and learning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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