hey, everyone, I am building, and finnishing the Meng Hilux, and wanted to share it with you, still some tweaking and dusting to do, but I'm almost done, this one will be featuring on my Grad dio (ICM Grad post), and since it has a russian gun on it, I decided to put it here,I hope it's alright













Tha Pit

Very nice work.. I prefer this dark color than the white version. Your figure turned out pretty good, too.

Looking forward to seeing the diorama completed.

I just saw the last pic.. is that a cigarette between his fingers? it would be difficult for him to smoke it with his mouth covered

Hisham

@Hisham



let's say, he's didn't wanted to be recognized by Kadhafi gestapo, the picture "was" taken before his hometown was liberated, didn't want his family to suffer ....

good answer

Very nice work. Is your build OOB, or did you add detail? Also, how was the build? Mine is in the mail and I'm curious how well it goes together. Thanks.

Happy Modelling, -zon

Great job indeed my friend !!

I really like how have you assembled and colored it

About the "smoking problems" ( .... ) well I think your figure is convincing indeed, but to be perfect, probably clothes have to look more dirty and worn. Furthermore cigarette it may look a little bit overscale. (...it is a common cigarette isn't it? )

(Ps you can smoke with mouth covered....I used to do lots of times when i was young ... )

Good work Pit....

That is looking really good. It makes me want to get started on mine. Good job so far.

Real nice work Pit- I like that yellow sweater, makes it stand out nicely against the black of the truck.

Nice job. As stated, the paint colors on the figure really make it stand out.

Did you make any cuts to make the front wheels slightly angled?

Hi
Great looking technical you should have signed up for the technical campaign.
Can never have enough technicals.
Peter

thanks all !! you are too kind

Zon; the kit went together fine, just had some adjusting to do with the clearpart for the windows, make slightly bigger holes in them and make sure the mirrors are flush on the inside of the cab, some cleaning and dryfitting here and ther, but overall a nice kit, and for a new producent really great work, sadly the doors are molded shut, it will take some work to show off the rather nice interior, I didn't do any add on or superdetailing, no need to.

@Trisaw, the wheels where adjustable, just glued the steering rod so the angle was fixed.

@Mauro, it is a normal sigaret, and he's wearing a normal Jamaican flag colour sweater , I have different options for naming my dio,
Peace!
Up in smoke!
Burned!
Smokin'

I like to have double meanings in my dio titles

All others thanks for the support!


Greetz

Good to see the Meng pick up's coming together one by one. Great work there! I would suggest some chipping on the gun mount but that's a matter of taste I guess. Doesn't have to be much, just to give it a bit more life.

On a side note:
It might just be the photos (or perhaps my tired brain) but I get the impression that the barrel might be a bit to long compared to the real thing(?). Anyone else out there with some good ZP-1 photos (and a less tired brain) that gets the same feeling? I noticed that my RB barrel was a couple of mm shorter but thought it was becourse it should go into the turret of a BTR/BRDM.

Cheers,
/E

interesting the barrel lenght, hadn't noticed it, as a stand alone it's brilliant , but it seems indeed a bit long, i still have an option for my vehicle,and could use the gun in a small truck or other pick up???

the gunmount is a bit worn, but I didn't want to over do it, since most these things came out of stock storage and such,I guess, ??

greetz

I was joking

Anyway, as Karl told you, the choise of yellow for the sweater, is great indeed, considering that the car is dark gray

If I did I'd like to depict a "Barça" jersey...



or a Ferrari sweater





congrats again pit

Cheers

Nice to this kit done. I also have not started mine yet.
Your subtle weathering of an oxidized and dusty POV looks on point