Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: Frank3k on April 12, 2022, 08:13:11 AM
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This is the old Italeri/Zvezda ZiS 151 (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/zvezda-3541-zis-151--134140) I bought from ebay. The kit had been in a flood; the plastic was fine, but the box was gone and the instructions and decals had seen better days.
I decided to do a civilian flatbed version and experiment with intermediate rusting. I also had the Eduard PE set for this kit (which is excessive and not that useful).
There is no such thing as too much rust on an old Russian truck:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/ZiS-151_01.JPG/2560px-ZiS-151_01.JPG)
I used this Zis 131(?) as an inspiration:
(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/cc/96/04/cc9604561ab0c94eee096aa1d0c4b4c6--antique-trucks-vintage-trucks.jpg)
The kit is OK for its age. My copy had a badly molded radiator section, with the vanes partly closed off with plastic. The dashboard is nondescript and the Eduart IP is basic, with just some dials and buttons and a clear film for dials. I painted the back of the clear film white and glued it in place. I used some airplane instrument decals to spruce up the main instrument dashboard:
(https://i.imgur.com/jRM7xe8.jpg)
I used the Eduard PE parts for the rest of the cockpit cab. The seats were sanded to show wear, then I painted some Tamiya glue on the plastic and pressed a PE mesh into it, to give it a slight texture. I added some piping with thin styrene rod:
(https://i.imgur.com/iDQTJ6Z.jpg)
the truck bed was warped, so I didn't use the sides; I may eventually build something up instead. The weathering isn't as extreme as some of the real world examples. This is definitely a case of too much is not enough:
(https://i.imgur.com/YHTg8gF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/H4snf9r.jpg)
I used the Eduard radiator replacement vanes to make copies out of plastic strip. I wasn't pleased with the result, so I covered them with a PE mesh bent to fit. I skipped the headlight guards; the kit parts were way out of scale and the PE replacements were too fiddly to build with superglue. I would have to solder them together and just didn't feel like it:
(https://i.imgur.com/PFYdx0P.jpg)
The figure is a 1/35 scale 3D scan of a real person from ReedOak. He's works out to about 5'8/1.73m tall or maybe slightly shorter:
(https://i.imgur.com/gHhwilN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/X6brR8N.jpg)
I'm calling this one done for now - I may come up with something for it at a later date.
Thanks for looking!
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Dude! What did you ad the extra dials for? ???
The instruments on old Soviet vehicles are ultra basic! :-\
I suppose they could be "after-market", to replace non-functioning originals. ;)
Nice, but your weathering is way minimal! ;D
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I looked up the Zis-151 dashboard and they went from minimal - (red line with an arrow. What does it indicate? who knows) to some with three or four dials for various fluids/speeds/vodka:
(https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/moscow-april-2020-tuned-zil-260nw-1714260217.jpg)
The kit's dashboard had a single raised line, which looked bad.
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Nice job, very welldone. :smiley: :smiley:
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Well done Frank.
I'd like to add that IMHO 5'8" / 173cm is the PERFECT height for any 1/35 scale diorama figure. ;)
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The casting detail on that figure is pretty incredible
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Thanks, guys. I'll think of something for the cargo area someday.
The 3D figure isn't resin cast - it's 3D printed. ReedOak had the option to buy it straight out of the printer with the supports attached - they were a pain to remove. Next time I'll pay the $2 extra to have them remove the supports.
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Needs larger-than-life owner.
https://northstarmodels.com/product/54-mm-mr-presedent-of-russia-resin-figure/ (https://northstarmodels.com/product/54-mm-mr-presedent-of-russia-resin-figure/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvupFkQfiDA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvupFkQfiDA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRvN8bEJdo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRvN8bEJdo)
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Needs larger-than-life owner.
https://northstarmodels.com/product/54-mm-mr-presedent-of-russia-resin-figure/ (https://northstarmodels.com/product/54-mm-mr-presedent-of-russia-resin-figure/)
Is that Putin trying to get the Ukrainians to stop destroying & stealing his tanks? ???
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very nice