This was a old eastern european kit it looked like the box art was hand drawn, I cant remember the name of the maker but I did later find out that zvezda re-boxed it for a while . Actually they did a flat bed version and a field ambulance as well .
Ok being a sucker for a dog in a box this kit was right up my alley so to speak..... I paid 10 dollars for all three versions of this truck at a model show and just figured that I could probally get atleast one good truck ..... well as luck would have it there were actually three complete kits.
Well maybe this isnt so lucky after all .
There was alot of work to correct this truck ...... to begin with all the raised detail had to be removed and rescribed , which is all the recessed detail that is now showing. all the interior detail was also rescribed .
Now on to fixing what the manufacturer didnt do their research on ..............
1. the exhaust had to be re-routed to the front of the vehicle , ITS A FUEL TANKER ......
2. all the fuel lines needed to be added ...... both of these problems were acomplisked with solder .... the fuel lines were drilled out so a wire pin could be used to make it look as if the lines ran through the body.
3. there was only one head light on these vehicles.
4.the guages were not installed in the dash .... so those had to be drilled out .
5. the hold down straps were in the wrong location .....you guessed it they were sanded away and new ones were made from styrene strip.
6. the one thing they did get right is these trucks had no front brakes .
To make a long story short after many days of correcting problems , I finally had a reasonably acurate russian fuel tanker.
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Ok being a sucker for a dog in a box this kit was right up my alley so to speak..... I paid 10 dollars for all three versions of this truck at a model show and just figured that I could probally get atleast one good truck ..... well as luck would have it there were actually three complete kits.
Well maybe this isnt so lucky after all .
There was alot of work to correct this truck ...... to begin with all the raised detail had to be removed and rescribed , which is all the recessed detail that is now showing. all the interior detail was also rescribed .
Now on to fixing what the manufacturer didnt do their research on ..............
1. the exhaust had to be re-routed to the front of the vehicle , ITS A FUEL TANKER ......
2. all the fuel lines needed to be added ...... both of these problems were acomplisked with solder .... the fuel lines were drilled out so a wire pin could be used to make it look as if the lines ran through the body.
3. there was only one head light on these vehicles.
4.the guages were not installed in the dash .... so those had to be drilled out .
5. the hold down straps were in the wrong location .....you guessed it they were sanded away and new ones were made from styrene strip.
6. the one thing they did get right is these trucks had no front brakes .
To make a long story short after many days of correcting problems , I finally had a reasonably acurate russian fuel tanker.
