A figure of an assault infantryman with a Pecheneg machine gun in 1:35 scale. An accessory for scenes of contemporary ground equipment, where equipment is to be scarce and action plentiful.
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The weapon the figure is named after is the Pecheneg general-purpose machine gun of 7.62 mm caliber for the 54R cartridge. It came about in the 1990s at the design institute in Klimovsk as a reworking of the proven PKM machine gun, and from 1999 it gradually replaced the older pieces in the Russian army. The main difference lies in the non-replaceable, markedly heavier barrel, cooled by a stream of air drawn through the shroud above it.
It is precisely that which gives the weapon an unmistakable silhouette: a long ribbed barrel shroud ending in a flared mouth and a carrying handle moved well forward. Modelers notice it, because by these two features a figure can be told at first glance from older machine gunners with the classic PKM.
A machine gunner figure comes into its own at a moment of movement, that is while running between positions or while taking up a firing position. The base then does not have to be large; a piece of broken paving or a grassy slope is enough. It pays to add a belt of ammunition to the weapon, worked from thin wire or from photo-etched parts, if the set does not contain one itself.
A contemporary field uniform suits muted painting without sharp transitions and rather a fine accentuation of the edges than bold shading. The equipment carried on the body, by contrast, is best distinguished slightly in color, so that the figure does not turn into a uniform blur.
The origin of the weapon's name is worth a mention too. The Pechenegs were a nomadic tribe that threatened Kievan Rus in the tenth and eleventh centuries, so the designation fits the custom of naming Russian armament after historical opponents or after animals. For a modeler it is a small thing, but it comes in handy when writing a label for a finished case.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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