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This is a resin AFV kit from CMK.

Important! This item is unassembled and unpainted. All extra model kit(s) and figure(s) in the pictures are for illustrative purposes only, and they are not included.

About CMK:

Czech Master Kits, more commonly known as CMK, has been one of the Czech Republic's contributions to modeling since the mid-1990s. Originally it focused on production of resin cast kits but later production expanded and a range of resin detail accessories, detail sets, white metal accessories together with modelers' tools and aids was introduced. In addition, CMK also publishes monograph books focusing on interesting subjects which contain detailed scale drawings as well as original photographs and color profiles.

CMK company is well known to most modelers as producers of very high quality resin kits and etched brass conversion and detail sets for vehicles and aircraft in all scales. They have been a very early contributor to the small scale armor community and known as one of the best companies out there.

About the Model Kit:

A typical equipment of any railway station was a so called water crane. By means of this equipment was supplemented the stock of water in water tanks of steam locomotives. Used were various types of water cranes, according to the individual railways or according to the required flow and quantity of water for filling up the locomotive.

The water crane was located near to the tracks, to enable its rotary arm to reach the hole in the tender or in the lateral tank of the locomotive. The rotary arm was dimensioned for a big flow of water (up to 5m3 per minute), in order to minimize the standing time of the locomotive during supplementing of water. Opening and closing of the sluice valve was carried out by a separate water seal.

With the recession of steam locomotives these coaling cranes, together with water cranes, lost their sense and gradually they disappear from the trackages and locomotive sheds.