Product Description
- Introducing a new product from Ukrainian Military Wheels: the 1/72 WW.II Soviet AS-1 engine starting vehicle.
- Initially, aircraft engines were started by turning the propeller by hand, but this was extremely dangerous, and as engine horsepower increased, it became increasingly difficult to turn the propeller by hand.
- So they created an engine-starting vehicle that uses a truck engine.
- The power of the truck engine was transmitted to a rotating rod attached to the top of the vehicle, which then struck the hub in the center of the propeller to start it up.
- It was less dangerous and started faster, so it was widely used until the starter motor became more widespread.
- The AS-1 is a vehicle based on the GAZ-AA 1.5 ton 4x2 truck.
- The GAZ-AA was a truck produced in the Soviet Union based on a truck manufactured by a US automaker. Various changes were made during production due to the availability of materials and the Soviet Union's own improvements.
- Many variants of the GAZ-AA were developed, and nearly 100,000 were produced and used during World War II.
- One of its variants, the AS-1, was an indispensable part of Soviet military airbases from the 1930s through to World War II, and it is said that without the AS-1, the I-153, I-16, Yak-1 and Il-2 would not have been able to be deployed.
- The product we are introducing this time is a three-dimensional version of AS-1 made using new mold parts.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 25 x 15 x 4 cm / 123g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- MWS7257
- JAN code
- 4580702177676
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.