1:72 Lehký objekt vzor 37A-180Z

A Ropik of type A in its terrain

The light fortifications of the 1937 model, popularly known as Ropiks, sprang up along almost the whole border of prewar Czechoslovakia, and in all versions more than ten thousand of them could be counted. Type A has two embrasures for flanking fire and one for defending the entrance, and the number after the letter gives the angle between the axes of the main weapons. The designation 180 therefore describes a work whose two main embrasures point practically opposite one another.

Crew and armament

Seven men served in a work of this type. The armament consisted of a pair of vz. 26 light machine guns, a vz. 24 heavy machine gun, or a combination of both, and with them went two periscopes for observing the surroundings.

What is in the package

The casting captures the work itself already set in its terrain, together with the earth cover over the front wall. Grilled entrance doors and two observation periscopes are enclosed. Scatter material for finishing the terrain is not included, and neither are paints.

Preparation before painting

A plaster casting deserves a thorough drying and dusting off with a soft brush before it is painted. The absorbent surface will swallow the first coat of paint, so it pays to start with a thinned base that soaks into the material, and only then to lay on the covering shades of concrete and earth.

• The subject is a particular type of Czechoslovak light fortification
• The work is cast including the surrounding terrain and the earth cover
• Grilled doors and a pair of periscopes are enclosed
• The 1:72 scale matches the usual vehicles and figures of that size