Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2

Unspecified unit, Middle East, present day.

Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 1:Introduction
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 2:Assembly (pickup)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 3:Painting (pickup)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 4:Weathering (rust and grime – pickup)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 5:Weathering (wash – pickup)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 6:Weathering (dust, metal and stains – pickup)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 7:Assembly (ZPU-2)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 8:Painting (ZPU-2)
Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2 build – Part 9:Weathering (ZPU-2)

What looks like it could be “fogging” on the windscreen from plastic or super glue is in fact a light dusting with dilute Tamiya XF-57 Buff. So, one of my previous modelling demons – handling clear parts well – is in part slain! This spurs me on to have a go at other trucks or 4x4s.

One response to “Pickup “Technical” with ZPU-2”

  1. […] I am not going to finish anything else this year, so here is my output in 2014. A varied lot as I look at it now, both in subject matter and finish. Not unexpectedly for this anniversary year, there is a pronounced WWI vehicle bias. I think that my own favourites, in terms of outcome, are the Tamiya Mk IV “Male”, the Char 2C and the “technical“. […]

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