Iraqi Truck

Seems to be the season for oddball wheeled vehicles. My turn.  Here is a testament to "Toyota Tough" trucks. This is the MENG kit in 1/35 scale. Its so detailed you can build it as a straight up Toyota.

I have seen so many of these used in the Middle East by all sides. Mostly with some sort of field attached armament. 

I had been playing around with this for almost 2 years until I finally decided what I wanted to do with it. I already had Iranian and Iraqi flags and some leftover STAR decals from my 6 Day War items. 

 It was fun to beat it up just a bit.

I came close to doing a strafed truck, by riddling it with bullet holes, but decided to keep it functional.

Vince B.  Oct 22.

Egyptian GAZ 69

This is the Bronco kit of the Russian GAZ 69 truck with "Babby Carriage" (which refers to the covering for over the rockets). I've built it as it as an Egyptian army version during the 6-Day War against Israel. Pretty much box stock build with tissue paper dipped in a water/white glue solution used for the "convertible top" (shown folded down behind the rockets). What few decals are on it, are actually model railroad decals that matched the Egyptian markings. Paint is ModelMaster & Velejo acrylics with oil wash.

As for building it, well... The chassis and suspension are incredibly fiddley. Amazingly, the chassis actually sat level when done. To anyone who builds one of these, I would suggest building the body off of the chassis (or at least not glued to the chassis) as apposed to building it up on the chassis, as per the instructions. Much easier to correct flaw, mistakes, etc. Although, I had to cut a good 1/8 inch off the top of the winshield frame to get the roof to fit properly.