W.M.C. Models Crawler Tractor by F. Blinov

On March 27, 1878, the peasant Fyodor Blinov registered the invention of the tractor. Fyodor Abramovich Blinov (1831–1902) was a serf of Count Sergey Uvarov, the Minister of Public Education. He repaired agricultural equipment, master’s carriages, britzkas, peasant carts, and droshkys. He read a lot and was self-taught. Later, he learned about steam engines. Blinov managed to invent a wagon with an “endless rail”—essentially, tracks that the wagon would rotate with its wheels. These “endless rails” allowed the steam wagon to move over any terrain, and it could pull a team that usually would have been harnessed to horses or, moving along the shore, even a river barge. After building such a model, the ingenious self-taught inventor went to St. Petersburg to obtain a patent for his invention.

A simple yet interesting model of the first tracked tractor. It is quite well detailed, depicting a well-used tractor, with a good selection of colors and textures, as well as excellent graphic instructions. It is intended for modelers of any experience level, but not for those taking their very first steps in modeling. For an advanced beginner or a modeler with limited experience, it is recommended to work under the supervision of a more experienced modeler.