1/100 (15mm) Scale Modern Czech/Polish OT-64A SKOT Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier.
Highly detailed tank with moveable Turret.
Contains:- 1x Czech/Polish OT-64A SKOT Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier
OT-64A SKOT Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier
The
OT-64 SKOT (
Czech acronym for:
Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or
Polish Średni
Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter – medium wheeled armoured transporter) is an
amphibious,
armored personnel carrier (
8x8), developed jointly by
Poland and
Czechoslovakia (
ČSSR) well into the 1960s.
Until the early 1970s Czechoslovakia produced around 4,500 OT-64 SKOTs of all variants, just under a third of which were exported.
OT-64 was intended to replace the
halftrack OT-810, which was nearly identical to the German
SdKfz 251 from
World War II. The first
prototype was built in 1959. In 1961 the first sample series were built and starting from October 1963 the vehicles were produced in
Lublin, Poland by
Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych.
Czechoslovakia supplied the
driveline components, i.e. the engine, transmission and axles. The first production vehicles were delivered in 1964 to both the
Polish Army and
Czechoslovak Army. They were also acquired by the Hungarian army. Today are gradually replaced by newer vehicles.
OT-64 SKOT entered service with Polish and Czechoslovak armies in 1963. It was produced until the early 1970s. It is still in service in Poland and Slovakia, among other operated by the Slovak police. Czech units were replaced in 2006 by new armoured vehicles
Pandur II CZ. During the 1990s, Slovakia purchased hundreds of these units from the Czech Republic (150 in 1994, 100 in 1998). Slovaks then sold them to other, mainly African, countries. OT-64 SKOT was also exported to eleven different countries. A total number of vehicles produced is 4,500.
OT-64A - Improved version fitted with BPU-1 turret from Soviet
BRDM-2 armoured scout car which is armed with a 14.5 mm
KPVT heavy machine gun and 7.62 mm
PKT coaxial machine gun. In Western sources, this version is often called
OT-64C. In the late 1990s, some vehicles had the turret replaced by a pintle-mounted machine gun for peace keeping operations.
Photos The OT-64A is used as the basis for several command vehicles (
velitelsko štábní obrněný transportér) fitted with multiple radio sets, a 1 kW generator and an antenna mast.
Cleaning Information
Some part cleanup will be necessary. The 3D printing process uses a waxy substance to support certain part features during the printing process. Although the parts are cleaned by Shapeways, some waxy residue may remain. It can be safely removed with water and a mild aqueous detergent like "Simple Green" using an old, soft toothbrush, Q-tips or pipe cleaners. During the printing process, liquid resin is cured by ultraviolet light. Microscopic bits of resin may remain uncured.
Let your parts sit in direct sunlight for a few hours to fully cure the resin.
Water-based acrylic paints meant for plastics is strongly recommended. Other paints, especially enamels, may not cure on Frosted Detail 3D-printed plastics.
Use dedicated model sprue cutters to remove parts to minimise the risk of damage to parts.
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