Lanchester Russian Service with 37mm Hotchkiss Gun

Plastic kit from BORDER MODEL, for the assembly of a Russian armoured car of the WWI, on 1/35 scale. Includes sprues with plastic parts, assembly instructions, clear parts and decals.

The Lanchester armoured car was a British armoured car built on the chassis of the Lanchester "Sporting Forty", it saw wide service with the Royal Naval Air Service and British Army during the WWI. The Lanchester was the second most numerous WW I armoured car in British service after the Rolls-Royce armoured car. The Lanchester was a turreted armoured car, built on the chassis of a Lanchester Sporting Forty luxury tourer. The layout of the Lanchester was similar to the Rolls-Royce, with a front mounted engine, crew compartment in the middle and rear cargo deck; the fighting compartment and turret was almost identical to the Rolls-Royce. The engine of the Lanchester was located beside the driver's feet, allowing for a more effective, well sloped frontal armour than the Rolls-Royce. Plastic kit of a well known Lanchester Armoured car. This vehicle was in service with the Russian army and was equipped with a 37mm Hotchkiss Gun.