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ZIL 157 Fuel Truck +completed+


Stephan

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I started this kit in 2004 and put it aside after finishing the undercarriage.

At that time other things got more important and so it was put on a long time hold.

Now it is back on the workbench.

 

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The quality of the kit parts is still OK to me but some things had to be modified.

 

I have separated the firewall from the seat and replaced them with more space in between.

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The Mirrors looked odd to me as well so I decided to rebuild them.

Because I had no 2mm rod at home I drilled a 2mm hole in a scrap aluminium part where I pushed a melted sprue into it.

Afterwards I drilled a hole for the wire into the new formed part an cut it off with a thin saw. 

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Nice Sunday to everyone 

cheers Stephan

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Thank you John.

 

There is only the ladder and the headlights left, but I wonder if I have to rework the front axle.

If I look at Pictures of that ZIL it seems that the front tire is aligned to where the mudguard starts.

 

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Thanks Alpha,

 

here is a picture of the wire made ladder.

I had some difficulties with my CA that turned out to expand itself after applying. 

Is that usual behaviour or is it just my cheap CA?

 

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The oil stain was way to heavy so I reduced it to a more realistic one. 

 

I've drilled open the headlights but I am stuck a bit.

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My first attempt was to fill it with gloss varnish. That didn't work because it shrinks to much.

I've already ordered a bottle of "Micro Kristal Klear", so that will be my next approach.

 

 

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On ‎21‎/‎01‎/‎2018 at 16:38, Stephan said:

My first attempt was to fill it with gloss varnish. That didn't work because it shrinks to much.

I've already ordered a bottle of "Micro Kristal Klear", so that will be my next approach.

In this scale, Kristal Klear should work fine, but as it dries it tends to go concave, so once it's dried, apply a second coat and then finish it off with gloss varnish.

 

John.

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Thank you k5054nz,

On 1/22/2018 at 8:18 AM, k5054nz said:

As far as I can work out, the legend on the side of the side reads "fire danger/dangerous"?

I didn't knew what the legend says, but I asked google about it and it told me the meaning of "ОГНЕОПАСНО" in this case would be "risk of fire" / "flammable" what is pretty close to your suggestion.

 

Thanks for the Hint John,

 

I feel a little foolish about that "Kristal Klear" stuff. As I opened the bottle I had an immediate déjà vu.

It looks like Ponal feels like Ponal and even smells like Ponal.

Ponal is a German brand of white wood glue, and I have plenty of this at home.

After realizing this similarity I asked google about it and found that other modellers discovered the same, but found it dries a bit clearer.

Well, we will see...

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needless to say both bottles do cost nearly the same.

After painting of the reflector it became visible that the hole is slightly out of centre, I blame that on the bad contrast of black plastic and carry on.

As a try to push it a bit further I have added a thin plastic rod in the centre and painted a white spot on it to imitate the bulb.

Than I filled it up with several layers of Micro Kristal Klear.

 

cheers  Stephan

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The misalignment of the front axle bothered me a little to much.

I will refit the suspensions in reverse against the construction manual to move the axle more in the direction of the bumper bar.

 

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The suspension is now shown in the new "wrong" direction.

 

The drive-shaft must be extended.

 

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everything back in place

 

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cheers, Stephan

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The modifications are done, I've added a couple of wipers and put it together.

It is still not glued and the ladder and one wiper are a little bit out of place, but overall I’m done.

 

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If I look at the pictures below I think this is the right position of the front wheel.

 

Here are some pictures where I referred to.

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Abandoned_ZiL-157.jpg

http://www.f-a-p.nl/images/vehicles/gssd/zil157_tanker.jpg

 

Thanks for watching and the nice comments, have a nice weekend

 

Stephan

 

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As I don't have a "punch and die" set I finally found a way to create the mirroring side of the rear view mirror.

I do have several cable-end sleeves at home and so I gave it a try.

Here it is

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and on the Zil

 

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Today I've made myself a "Punch and Die" tool from scrap material.

Although I only made it as a test bed, I have to say It works much better than my way described in the post above.

It is made with an 8mm aluminium plate and a piece of 4mm plexiglass the centring bolts are Ikea floor bearer for billy (old style).

 

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The only problem I discovered is, that it is not easy to drill trough the whole 8mm Plate with drills<1mm so I would use a 4 to 5mm plate next time.

Hope it might be helpful for someone.

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