PST
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Kits from Belarus. PST (PromSnabTorg, JSC, Minsk) produces plastic model kits of military vehicles of the World War II and post-War eras. Some of the soft skins are license produced AER kits (noted below), but most are original molds.

PST has recently started a small line of vehicle accessories.

Kits
Kit Number Kit Name Comments Previews Reviews Articles
72001 IS-1 Early style IS hull, and IS-2 turret with the 85mm gun. Superb detail, but the fit of the hull and turret parts could be a little more smooth. Turret hatches are very thick, and will need considerable work if posed open.     Kevin Liang
72002 IS-2 mod. 1943 Early style IS-2 hull, with 122mm gun. Same comments as above.     Kevin Liang
72003 IS-2 mod. 1944 Late style IS-2 hull. Same comments as above.     Kevin Liang
72004 ISU-152 Short-barrel 152mm howitzer. Same comments as above.    

Stephen Brezinski

Kevin Liang
72005 ISU-122 Early-style 122mm gun without the muzzle brake. Same comments as above.   Review Kevin Liang
72006 ISU-122S Late-style 122mm gun with muzzle brake. Same comments as above.     Kevin Liang
72007 ISU-152-1 Long-barrelled 152mm howitzer. Same comments as above.      
72008 KV-85 IS-1 turret on modified KV-1S hull. New hull and wheels are excellent. Same excellent tracks as KV-1 series. Fender detail not quite as nice as in ESCI's KV kit, but overall detail is very good. Includes both 85mm and 122mm guns. Preview Augusto Versiani  
72009 KV-122 Same kit as KV-85 Preview    
72010 BM-13N Katiusha AER Studebaker kit plus sprue of new parts for rocket launcher.      
72011 Zis-5BZ Fuel Truck

AER Zis-5 kit plus sprue of new parts for fuel tank.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72012 KV-1 Excellent kit. Very good detail overall. Early style road wheels. Road wheels off centre. Includes all the optional parts for KV-1A, KV-1B, KV-1E and KV-8. Very good decals and instructions. Preview    
72013 KV-1A Kit is identical to KV-1. Preview    
72014 KV-1B Kit is identical to KV-1, but with different decals. Preview    
72015 KV-8 Kit is identical to KV-1, but with different decals. Preview    
72016 KV-1E Kit is identical to KV-1, but with different decals. Preview    
72017 KV-2 Hull, wheels and tracks are the same as the earlier KV kits, but comes with new KV-2 turret. Optional front hull MG. Very good model. Preview    
72018 M-13 Katiusha Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.      
72019 Zis-6 Truck Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.      
72020 BZ-35S Fuel Truck AER Studebaker kit plus sprue of new parts for fuel tank.      
72021 BZ-35 Fuel Truck Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.      
72022 Studebaker US6 U3/U4 All new molds.   Stephen Brezinski  
72023 PARM-1 Field Repair Truck Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.      
72024 PARM-2 Field Repair Truck Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.      
72025 KV-1S Similar to the earlier KV-1 series, but with a new hull and turret. Preview    
72026 KV-8S Identical to KV-1S kit, but with new decals. Preview    
72027 Pz.Kpfw. 753(r) Captured KV-1 with German 75mm gun. Same kit as KV-1C, but with new decals. Preview    
72028 Zis-5 Truck w/37mm AA Gun

Same as AER and Eastern Express kits, with added AA gun.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

  		Preview    
72029 Zis-5V Truck

Same as AER and Eastern Express kits.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72030 M-30 122mm gun with Zis-6 Truck

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.

The kit share the same sprue for the D-1 and M-30.
The gun can be built into either depending on the choice of the builder.
It is not clear what the gun in the kit represents. The reader is highly encouraged to read up on the gun here.
With respect to the M-30, it represents the early version of the M-30, with the early riveted legs (see parts 15 and 16).
The problem, however, is that PST only made the rivets on top of the legs. There are no rivets on the side of the legs.
To be accurate, you either duplicate the rivets on the side or shave off the top to make it the welded, late version.
It also has the early sight, not the late sight, which has an extra dial. (Again, see above link. The part is 29 on the sprue. )
The big problem is this. Zvezda also has an early M-30. The features on the Zvezda look much better, despite the fact that it has much fewer parts.
T he builder can always make the D-1, which isn't available from any other manufacturer as far as I can tell. But there is a problem.
Most of the actual D-1 have the late sight. The only exception I have seen is possibly this museum piece.
I don't know how interchangeable the sights are in real-life, but the builder needs to be very, very careful.

- Timothy Lau

     
72031 D-1 152mm gun with Zis-42 Half-track

AER Zis-42 half-track with new injected plastic half-track parts, plus a sprue of parts for the D-1 howitzer.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.

The kit share the same sprue for the D-1 and M-30.
The gun can be built into either depending on the choice of the builder.
It is not clear what the gun in the kit represents. The reader is highly encouraged to read up on the gun here.
With respect to the M-30, it represents the early version of the M-30, with the early riveted legs (see parts 15 and 16).
The problem, however, is that PST only made the rivets on top of the legs. There are no rivets on the side of the legs.
To be accurate, you either duplicate the rivets on the side or shave off the top to make it the welded, late version.
It also has the early sight, not the late sight, which has an extra dial. (Again, see above link. The part is 29 on the sprue. )
The big problem is this. Zvezda also has an early M-30. The features on the Zvezda look much better, despite the fact that it has much fewer parts.
T he builder can always make the D-1, which isn't available from any other manufacturer as far as I can tell. But there is a problem.
Most of the actual D-1 have the late sight. The only exception I have seen is possibly this museum piece.
I don't know how interchangeable the sights are in real-life, but the builder needs to be very, very careful.

- Timothy Lau

Preview    
72032 Zis-42/42M Half-track

AER Zis-42 half-track with new injected plastic half-track parts.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72033 Zis-42 Half-track w/37mm AA Gun

AER Zis-5V truck with new injected plastic half-track parts, and AA gun.

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

Preview    
72034 KV-9 Heavy Tank Same kit as KV-1C, but with no decals. Preview    
72035 KV-1C Heavy Tank Similar to the earlier KV-1 series, but with a new hull and turret. Preview    
72036 Pz.Kpfw. I/IA 753(r) Captured KV-1. Same kit as KV-1, but with new decals. Preview   Stephen Brezinski

Dave Showell
72037 Pz.Kpfw. 754(r) Heavy Tank Captured KV-2. Same kit as KV-2, but with new decals. Preview    
72038 KV-T Armored Recovery Vehicle        
72039 IS-2MT Armored Recovery Vehicle Basically the same kit as the IS-2, but with no turret, and a few additional parts for this version.      
72040 M-30 122mm Howitzer with Crew

The kit share the same sprue for the D-1 and M-30.
The gun can be built into either depending on the choice of the builder.
It is not clear what the gun in the kit represents. The reader is highly encouraged to read up on the gun here.
With respect to the M-30, it represents the early version of the M-30, with the early riveted legs (see parts 15 and 16).
The problem, however, is that PST only made the rivets on top of the legs. There are no rivets on the side of the legs.
To be accurate, you either duplicate the rivets on the side or shave off the top to make it the welded, late version.
It also has the early sight, not the late sight, which has an extra dial. (Again, see above link. The part is 29 on the sprue. )
The big problem is this. Zvezda also has an early M-30. The features on the Zvezda look much better, despite the fact that it has much fewer parts.
T he builder can always make the D-1, which isn't available from any other manufacturer as far as I can tell. But there is a problem.
Most of the actual D-1 have the late sight. The only exception I have seen is possibly this museum piece.
I don't know how interchangeable the sights are in real-life, but the builder needs to be very, very careful.

- Timothy Lau

Preview    
72041 BN-13N Katiusha All new molds, based on Studebaker US6.      
72042 BN-13 Katiusha All new molds, based on Studebaker US6.      
72043 BZ-35S Fuel Truck All new molds, based on Studebaker US6.      
72044 GMC CCW/CCKW 353 Cargo All new molds.      
72045 T-54 Medium Tank Comes with both T-54 and T-55 turrets. Early "spider" style wheels. Preview    
72046 T-55 Medium Tank Comes with both T-54 and T-55 turrets. Late "starfish" style wheels. Preview Marko Mäkinen  
72047 PZM-2 (Zis-6) Fire Engine

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72048 PZM-2 (Zis-42) Fire Engine

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72049 PZM-2 (Studebaker US-6) Fire Engine        
72050 5P86S (S-300PM) Mobile Rocket Launcher        
72051 Ford 6 1943 Truck        
72052 PZM-2 (Zis-5) Fire Engine

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72053 PT-76B Light Amphibious Tank Very good model. Highly detailed and mostly accurate. See Comparison Article. Preview   Doug Chaltry
72054 BTR-50PK   Preview    
72055 S-300 PMU SA-10 "Grumble" Air Defense System - 5P85D Mobile Missile Launcher      
72056 M16A Truck Machineshop Built on US6 truck.      
72057 M7 Small Arms Repair Truck Built on GMC truck.      
72058 M14A Spare Parts Truck Built on Ford 6 truck.      
72059 KV-220 Experimental heavy tank. Preview    
72060 S-300PMU (SA-10 GRUMBLE) Radar Vehicle
   
72061 KV-220-2 Experimental heavy tank w/76mm gun. Preview    
72062 Studebaker US6 model U6 with semi-trailer        
72063 Zis 10 with semi-trailer

The builder needs to ignore the instructions about the engine cover. (Part 12 in this diagram, labeled differently in every one of the kits.) The direction is wrong. This is correct.

The painting instructions are correct, by the way, about the direction of the part. At any rate, it is clear, by the number of erroneous builds featured online, that the instructions have tripped many people up.
- Timothy Lau

     
72064 GMC CCW353 with semi-trailer        
72065 Ford G8TA with semi-trailer        
72066 S-125 "Neva" Air defence missile system mounted on T-55 chassis.      
72067 T-44M This is a multimedia kit (with plastic chassis and body complete with resin turret and metal barrel and small parts) and the quality is quite nice for this manufacturer. - Jolyon Ralph      
72068 T-54 m.1949 Essentially it's the old PST T-54 kit with a new resin turret (from Zebrano -ed.) for the T-54-2 variant (NOT the earlier T-54-1 which is the m.1946 version). None of the faults of PST T-54 kit are fixed. The turret looks OK but a little basic. Probably a better option is to get the Modeltrans T-54-2 turret and fit that to a Trumpeter T-54 hull (note that it's not that simple with the T-54-1 turret that Modeltrans sell, as the T-54-1 hull had various differences, including machine-gun pods on the fenders, so you'd need a new hull top as well as a turret, but that's another issue altogether.) - Jolyon Ralph      
72069 ZSU-61K PST kit with additional Zebrano parts      
72071 T-44 This kit is an amalgam of the PST T-54 kit with some additional parts from Zebrano. Inspection of the parts shows:
  1. Fenders are for a T-44M/T-54, not a T-44 (ribbed strenghening at the front). They are also too high up.
  2. The turret won't turn because the fuel drums will get in the way. Been there, done that!
  3. Wrong hatch on the commander's cupola on turret - same problem in T-44M kit (kit no. 72067). It should be the single-hatch type.
  4. Horrible T-54 PST "thin rim" wheels. Better replaced with Revell T-34/85 wheels.
  5. Drive wheel has 6 lightening holes (T-34 style). The actual T-44 had a drive wheel with five lightening holes.
  6. Handles on fuel drums are at an odd angle. It looks like they've been taken from a T-34 kit without any correcting.
  7. Stowage box on front port side looks a bit too chunky.
- Jolyon Ralph		      
72072 ZIS-12        
72070 Fighting vehicle for missile system 15V148        
72073 ISU-130        
72074 ZIS-44 Ambulance        
72077 GAZ-MM Model 1941        
72078 GAZ-MMM Model 1943        
72079 GAZ-55 Ambulance        
72080MAZ-7910 Truck oil (gas) pipeline    
72081 GAZ-55 (1943) Ambulance        
72082 GAZ-03-30 Soviet City Bus (m.1933)        
72083 GAZ-03-30 (1945) Soviet city bus        
72084 GAZ-MM with 72-K 25mm AA gun        
72085 72-K 25mm AA gun        
72086ZIS Fire Tanker    
72087Chevrolet G-7107 BM-13 Katyusha    
72090S-125 M "Neman"    
72100MAZ-543M    

Accessories
Kit Number Kit Name Comments Previews Reviews Articles
A002 MAZ Tractor Tires Eight rubber tires for use on the SA-10 "Grumble" kits. Preview    
A003 Tracks for KV & IS tanks Forty-eight track pieces (link and length) for use on other manufacturers' kits. Same as included in PST KV/IS kits. Preview    

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Kit list last updated 02 October 2020