Object 490B tank 1/35 - Trumpeter
The Object 490B „Belka“ was proposed as a design scheme of the 490 project main battle tank. In 1984, the Soviet Union had decided to use the 152mm smoothbore gun on the future main battle tank to replace the one already used on the main battle tank at that time. 125mm smoothbore gun.
The design of the 490B project is very different from that of the original 490A. The 490B has a very steeply angled upper armor, only rolled steel armor instead of composite armor, and a four-track design.
The 490B has a two-person crew design, with the crew compartment at the rear of the hull, the main gun and ammunition in a separate compartment in front of the crew compartment, and the two engines and fuel tanks at the front of the hull.
The rear-mounted crew compartment design greatly improves the survivability of the crew, so that the vehicle does not need to use special armor or composite armor, and the structure and equipment in front of the tank can fully prevent shelling armor-piercing projectiles from penetrating the car body and entering the crew compartment.
The tank's four sets of crawlers can ensure that even if the front crawlers hit a mine or get an opportunity, they can still maintain their mobility.
The car never went through the scale model stage to make a full-scale model, which was terminated in the late 1980s with the emergence of the new Object 299 Universal Combat Platform concept.
| Product number | 09598 |
| product name | Object 490B |
| barcode | 9580208095981 |
| Product ratio | 1:35 |
| product type | Plastic Model Armor Kit |
| Model size | Length: 326.2mm Width: 112.6mm |
| Total number of parts | 580+ |
| metal parts | copper cable |
| Etched parts | 1 piece |
| film | n/a |
| Resin parts | n/a |
| Total number of offset plates | 11 sprues , lower hull and upper hull |
| Announcement date | 2022–06 |
| more description | The kit consists of over 580 parts >the kit w/refined detail >multi-slide moulded upper hull and lower hull >192 individual tracks links >Etched Photo parts included |