Russian Brass

   The Russo-Baltique Company (Russo-Balt) was the largest of a number of Russian auto manufacturers prior to the 1917 revolution.
   Founded in 1903 with German and Russian private funds, at Riga, a major industrial center of Imperial Russia, it had originally been a subsidiary of the German Company Van der Zypen und Charlier, based in Cologne-Deutz and known in 1874 as 'Russisch-Baltische Waggonfabrik' (Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory). In 1894 the majority of its shares were sold to investors in Riga and St. Petersburg and cars were built from 1909 at this railway carriage factory, RBVZ, (Русско-Балтийский вагонный завод, Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory)
   In 1915 the company's facilities were evacuated to St. Petersburg, Fili (Moscow) and Tver.
   Russia was one of the first nations to use armoured vehicles, in 1912, using The Russo-Balt C as a reliable platform.
   The most expensive passenger model of the RBVZ, the S-24 (later, Prombron) was produced up till 1918, before being nationalised. These large vehicles, with open 6-seat bodies were widely used as staff cars in the Russian army.
   The company was nationalized following the revolution and became known as Armour-Tank and Automobile Factories (Бронетанковый и автомобильный заводы BTAZ) - 'Association Prombron'. And under this brand the last 27 cars were built up till 1923.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Only 2 Russo-Balt examples are known to survive today.

Models Produced:
24/30 (1909)
Type C (1909)
C24/30 (1909)
C24/30 Faeton (≥ 1909)
Landole C24/30 (1909)
C24/40 (1913)
C24/50 (1909/'10/'1/'2)
C24/55 (1912)
C24/58 (1909/'10/'1/'2/'3)
Type K (1909)
K12/20 (1909)
Type E (1914)

Below are 1/43 scale resins                                                                                                                                                                                                                     A C24 /40hp of 1913 (though listed sometimes as 1909) by De Agostini.                                                                                                                                                      An E15 /35hp of 1914 by Imperial Models (Имперские модели).                                                                                                                                                                         And a later - 1920s - S-24 Prombron by De Agostini