MiniArt 1/35 Soviet Artillery Tractor Ya-12 Early Production

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.
Note: This set does NOT include figure kit.

YA-12 ? light artillery tractor, which were developed by NATI designers and launched at the Yaroslavskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod YaAZ ? Yaroslav Automobile Plant. Firstly was developed YA-11 tractor but Gorkovskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod GAZ ? Gorky Automobile Plant could not produced the required quantity of engines for the YA-11 and production had to be stopped. In 1943 Soviet Union had received large quantities of the U.S. made GMC-4-71 4-cylinder 2-stroke 110hp engine under Lend Lease Contract. The availability of these engines allowed for a renewed production of YA-11 design under the new designation YA-12. The serial production of YA-12 started in August of 1943 and till the end of 1943 were produced 285 tractors, till the end of war - 1666. In 1945 Red Army had in the inventory 1270 YA-12 tractors. YA-12 tractors were used for tugging of such guns as 100-mm field guns BS-3, 122-mm corps guns A-19, 122-mm howitzers M-30, 152-mm howitzers ML-20 and 203-mm heavy howitzers B-4. YA-12 artillery tractors were in service of Soviet Army and Czechoslovak Army till the middle of 50's years.

The set contains 458 parts:
- 37 photo-etched parts
- Highly detailed artillery tractor
- All New Tooling. Up-to-date technology using sliding moulds.
- Fully-detailed engine compartment and chassis
- Workable tracks
- Workable chassis
- Authentic wooden texture
- Decals included
- Full colour instruction