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I got the Milsom Profile of Russian Armoured Cars to 1945 back in 1970 and I always fancied scratch building this vehicle though I didn't have any plans. When I did get some plans (via Zaloga and MM mags) the rivets and the wheels put me off. Scarborough's Airfix guide to Armoured Car Modelling gave my ideas a boost but still the rivets seemed like a drudge too many.

A model that is overall dimensionally correct and has good wheels and has adequate rivet detail is what I am looking for. Door handles, hinges, drive shafts etc I can make with plastic strip or rod or brass. Accurate semi elliptical leaf springs are easy to make with plastic strip. This is a fairly small model after all.
This web site of the Kubinka Museum's Putilov has a good walk round
http://svsm.org/gallery/austin/IMGP3055

and to 45 onwards

The side view pic 3055 is almost a perfect side elevation

The tyres are of course not authentic

The Putilov rivets are quite close to edges of the armour plates but they may look OK when scaled down on the model.

I hope the drawings are revised.

Just had time to edit

The Kegresse side view matches well with the pic 3055 referred to above. I did an overlay using Photoshop also did an overlay with the Strelets side view on both and unfortunately it confirmed my doubts.


David

..Well I hope strelets read your posts gents and find them as riveting as I did