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MAZ (KZKT) 537 Fire Truck Completed
subjugator
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: January 01, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, May 01, 2010 - 02:41 PM UTC
Good time of day, guys!

I would like to share some shots of the MAZ (KZKT) 537 painted in fire truck colors. I found some pictures of a real-life MAZ 537 prime mover in this capacity (though a tractor not a flatbed) and thought I would attempt to recreate it in scale. There is minimal weathering on the model as I wanted to retain the clean airfield fire truck looks.

Anyways, would be great to hear what you think about the results.












The last pic shows the new truck beside my old MAZ 537 in military livery.


Cheers !

mat
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Limburg, Netherlands
Joined: November 18, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, May 01, 2010 - 09:24 PM UTC
Hi,

great idea to make something else than the standard green militairy version. It would be nice if you could put some firefighting figures with them, it would make a unique diorama.

Matthijs
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Sachsen, Germany
Joined: November 28, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 01:13 AM UTC
Ohh, this is something very different to the standard vehicles.
Also the civilian vehicles are a bit "cleaner" than the military ones.
This looks great!


greetings...
Soeren
subjugator
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2010 - 11:03 AM UTC
Thanks, I was looking to create something different with this kit.
cheswickthecat
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Washington, United States
Joined: October 13, 2007
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 - 07:58 PM UTC
great idea and it looks pretty cool. Nice job!
Petition2God
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Colorado, United States
Joined: February 06, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 04:25 PM UTC
Looking great! Btw, are the wheels an after-market set or the original kit ones?
subjugator
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Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 05:35 PM UTC
Thanks. The wheels are original from the kit.
liberator
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Luzon, Philippines
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Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 - 07:26 PM UTC
very nice...! you did a pretty job on the windshield..clean and glossy.
subjugator
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 12:48 AM UTC
I dipped all windows in Future Floor Wax before gluing them on, which helped with the glossy looks.
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HISTORICUS FORMA
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Warszawa, Poland
Joined: April 23, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 12:59 AM UTC
It's not often when we can see here something in bright colour and gloss finish.
great idea and outstanding work!
165thspc
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Posted: Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 01:42 PM UTC
Working on a different approach:

windysean
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Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 03:31 AM UTC
Subjugator, that's a great idea and a nice clean build. Having wear only on the tires, and everything else polished, is just right to my eye. I especially like the side-by-side with the green one.
Michael, nice start.
Thanks for posting!
-Sean H.
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Sverdlovsk, Russia
Joined: December 27, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 04:46 AM UTC
No, dear friends, according to registration plate of this MAZ model, this is military fire truck.

Russian wheeled military vehicles had black registration plates with white numbers and letters, looks like pattern below:

12-34 ab

where 1, 2, 3, 4 - four characters, ab - two letters. Those characters and letters were put on plate according to special designation system.

I see, dear Subjugator has made an error - he has drawn on registration plate "H6" (one letter and one character), whereas he should draw two letters instead of these symbols.
Let's go further - the characters of number "11 62" must be divided by dash (like in pattern above).
And, finally - those characters and letters must to be convex, because of these symbols do by way of punching. And symbol's font looks like Czech-style or East German style, but not like Russian style.

Below are some interesting pictures of MAZ-537 - for those, who want to build more unusual vehicles:

1) Civilian fire truck:

2) KZKT + ISU:

3) Else one military fire truck:


Enjoy !
165thspc
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Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 05:31 AM UTC
Handsome shot of the foam/crash truck in action:

jointhepit
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Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 07:29 AM UTC
brilliant model, like it a lot, so if I read the posts right, I could buy a Trumpeter kit with trailer and make it in Red? cool stuff

would want to see more of that other build, the crashfoam truck,looks like a nice build!
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