Panda Hobby PH35004 1/35 Russian Airborne Fighting Vehicle BMD-1

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

The BMD-1 was designed in 1969 to serve as an armored scout and combat vehicle to support the airborne forces derived from the Soviet Army's BMP-1 combat vehicle. Like the BMP, the BMD is amphibious, tracked and has a low profile.

Designed for air transport and parachute landing, the BMD-1 is armed with a 73mm main gun, a coaxially mounted AT-3 missile launcher, and a coaxially mounted 7.62mm gun. Experience with the BMD in Afghanistan was less than impressive, and the airborne forces quickly 'requisitioned' BMPs, BTRs and other vehicles that had better armor and/or mobility.

Panda Hobby has produced a new BMD-1 in 1/35 scale and looks nice out of the box. Molded in green styrene, this kit is presented on four parts trees plus the upper and lower hull, four trees of rust-colored styrene, and one fret of photo-etched details.