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Thank you! Next are the steps. Two layered pieces. Quite hard to fold, but it's manageable Then came the muffler and the air tank. In regular ZiL130, the air tank and the muffler are mounted on the frame's outside. Here they inside because of the extended crew compartment

Instructions are 4 pages of drawings. I decided to begin from the frame. The beams and the crossmembers are made as closed boxy structures. I always had a problem making these long and narrow boxes straight. This time the beams look pretty much ok from the beginning. Then, I connected the...

Hello all I began building a new model. This time it's AC-30(130)-65A Soviet firetruck. I have a very warm feelings to this type of firetruck. When I was about 11 years old, I used to ride my bicycle to a firefighter's station located about 15 minutes ride. There I watched the firefighters...

Zathros, you're too kind. ***where is ths blushing emoji ***

Thank you!

What can I say about this model? It has a very unique scheme, parts fit is awesome, landing gear in 1:120 is quite a challenge. I wouldn't advise making landing gear to a novice builder. This model can be made without the landing gear and it will look awesome. In all, very beautiful and quite...

Afterwards came the antennas et voila, the model is ready.

Then the front

And then the real fun began - the landing Gear. First the main gear

Then I made the flaps and ailerons actuators cowlings

Hello everybody This beauty is finished. First I made the wheels.

Awesome looking additions

No words, wow

Looks awesome

Wonderful job!

Hello all Small update - engines and pylons No bad things to mention, fit is close to perfect.

I agree. I have already bought Americana Gloss finisher spray. It's acrylic and doesn't damage the ink and doesn't wrinkle the paper

Thank you. I really hope so, it takes me a lot of time to build this model. But, at least, I am having great time building this beauty

Hello all Continue with the wings. Internal reinforcement for the wing is a boxed structure from paper with one former in the root and one former at a console root. It wouldn't work in a larger wing, but here it works perfectly well. The winglets - these made me scratch my head trying to decide...

I love the tidiness. Great job Snake