Ever topical, Ukraine’s ICM has released a highly detailed 1/35 kit of the indigenous Kozak-2, reviewed here by CHRIS CLIFFORD.
Manufactured by Ukrainian company Practika and based on an Iveco 4 x 4 truck chassis, the Kozak-2 (Cossack-2) mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP battlefield transport is ubiquitous in that country – and was officially brought into service in 2017. It’s currently employed by Ukraine’s airborne assault troops, marines, recce units, National Guard and State Border Guard Service. Military modellers who like to be topical in their building will welcome ICM’s new kit of the type which, at present, is fully engaged in defending Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Above: ICM’s Kozak-2 features well-detailed individual body side panels, with neat door rebates and hinges; separate interior liners attach to the inner faces. Note the long chassis frame part, with integral leaf springs.
Above: All doors are separate and have interior detail, but this is expanded via separate parts.
Item 35014 is an involved package comprising seven grey parts runners and two clear, small photo-etched metal fret, rubber tyres and three separate decal sheets. It will be sizeable once completed as the side panels are approximatel…
