ACE Plastic Model AEROSAN RF-8 GAZ-98K 1/72 72517

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About ACE Plastic Model AEROSAN RF-8 GAZ-98K 1/72 72517

Aerosan RF-8 GAZ-98K 1/72 military vehicle scale plastic model kit ACE models 72517 An aerosani is a type of propeller-driven snowmobile, running on skis, used for communications, mail deliveries, medical aid, emergency recovery and border patrolling in northern Russia, as well as for recreation. Aerosanis were used by the Soviet Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. The first aerosanis may have been built in 1903-05 by Sergei Nezhdanovsky. In 1909–10 young Igor Sikorsky tested self designed aerosani, before he built multi-engine airplanes and helicopters. They were very light plywood vehicles on skis, propelled by old airplane engines and propellers. Manufacturer: ACE Models (Ukraine) Scale: 1/72 Material: Plastic Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue. Condition: New in Box Description Aerosan 98K The RF-8-GAZ-98 aerosan was designed to run on four skis, two of which were steered. The hull was semi-enclosed, two-place, with a front-rear positioning of the crews seats. For ease in conducting fire from the machine gun and for enlarging the horizontal firing fan, the gunner sat in the forward seat and the driver in the rear of the cabin. The engine was mounted on a special pylon behind the drivers compartment. The GAZ-98K used the M-11 aviation engine with 110 h.p. in place of the automobile engine, which gave the vehicle more dynamic performance.