Soviet Tanks Made in the USSR

Back in the olden days of the Cold War there was a series of models may by a company in the Soviet Union. Mir made a line of a few World War Two era Soviet Tanks that were similar to Roco Minitanks, in HO 1/87th scale. Last night, I visited Paul Heiser of Paul Heiser Models with Randy of Fidelis Models. I managed to get four of the T-34/76 tanks made by Mir. Randy got a number of the BT-7 tanks from Paul and they should be for sale on his website.

The models are fully assembled and come in a very small cardboard box with simple rather cartoon like box art.

The rather crude decal sheet comes in a couple different versions, this is one of the most common types. Cut the numbers out and use them to make any tank number you want. Having a bunch of these is necessary if you want any double numbers, like 224.

These tanks are just about he same size as the Roco, but since the little wheels on the bottom of the hull are rather large, these tanks do sit a bit higher than the Roco. Turret hatches do not open, and while the turret does turn, the gun does not move.


The tanks look pretty good with 1/72nd scale figures, despite being HO scale. A nice little bit of Cold War history in model form.