Time to return to the bench! The Zvezda L4500R was a variation on their earlier L4500 wheeled truck, it was issued in 2012, and the first Zvezda model I made that approached the standards of the major manufacturers. I have made this model before - I placed two cheeky bids on two separate lots on ebay, hoping I'd be lucky on one, and ended up with both. I made one straight away ( long since landfill ), and the other has been sitting patiently in the stash.
The box is full of caramel colored sprues. There are 426 parts, but as the driver is away on detached duty, mine has a few less! The parts are all nicely moulded, with no flash at all, the wheels are 3-part plastic sandwiches, and the tracks link and length. I believe there are all the parts needed to make the L4500, and all of these ( wheels, axles etc ) will be consigned to the spares box. You can make the load area either open & high sided, or low sided with a canvas tilt.
This model was reboxed ( briefly ) by Revell, but this boxing didn't have the canvas tilt.
I'll put up a few sprue shots, and some detail pictures before I take the scalpel to them
Dave
The box is full of caramel colored sprues. There are 426 parts, but as the driver is away on detached duty, mine has a few less! The parts are all nicely moulded, with no flash at all, the wheels are 3-part plastic sandwiches, and the tracks link and length. I believe there are all the parts needed to make the L4500, and all of these ( wheels, axles etc ) will be consigned to the spares box. You can make the load area either open & high sided, or low sided with a canvas tilt.
This model was reboxed ( briefly ) by Revell, but this boxing didn't have the canvas tilt.
I'll put up a few sprue shots, and some detail pictures before I take the scalpel to them
Dave
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