69. Day, April 28, 2020
As the pistol bag dries on, I paint acrylic details.
Fortunately, I have a part in the basement, but unfortunately from WW2, which is why she doesn't have a safety cord that was tied around her neck.
By the Soviets, this cord was replaced by a shorter, thin leather strap that was attached to the belt with a loop at the back.
Let's take a closer look:
The spike for the locking tab is made of brass ...
On the front of the bag hangs - a Russian / Soviet peculiarity! - the cleaning tool for the weapon in two leather eyelets - and at the back a part of the pistol's protrudes.
The weapon can be three different models - you can only see the butt.
The "Nagan" revolver M 1895 would have been in accordance with regulations, but it was not very popular! A relatively unwieldy and heavy weapon, there were only five rounds in the drum and the caliber 7.65 was - literally! - not exactly stunning either...:
The following three weapons were much more popular:
The first possibility would be a 9 mm FN-Automatic M1903, which was manufactured in Belgium for the Russian army and used there as an ordnance weapon ...:
The second option would be the famous Colt-Automatic M 1911, probably the best weapon of this kind of war, many of which found their way to Russia as US military aid - and which was even used by the Soviets during the Second World War ... :
The third would be an Austrian loot, the 9 mm Steyr-Hahn Automatic M. 1912, the ordnance weapon of the KuK army ...:
And then finally there would be to paint the missing piece of the security cord ...:
This is how "Petro" looks now ...:
What is now still missing are the second arm, the second shoulder piece and the right hand with the saber ...:
So much for today.
Cheers
