GAZ Crane Truck (Aeroflot scheme)

[John Everett]

The annual meeting of Airliners International (like IPMS for people who collect airline memorabilia) is being hosted here in Denver next summer. Part of the Airliners show is a model contest. The rules state that the topic can be any flying machine used in commercial passenger carrying service.

To go along with a helicopter maintenance diorama, I will need one of these in a light blue Aeroflot paint scheme:











I'll be starting from here:



I'm doing an Aeroflot helicopter...because I'm just weird like that.
The Trumpeter kit:






The contest is in July and it's just starting to get cold in Colorado. I know what I'll be doing this winter.

[Philipp Gross]

Your projects never cease to amaze me!

Time to grab some snacks, a cold beer and a comfy seat and watch the show

Philipp

[Vincent Power]

Anything with a GAZ in it has my attention John.

Vincent

[Adam Durrant]

Looks like you will have your hands full for a while there John

[Shawn Ramsey]

This is going to be fun to follow.

Shawn

[John Everett]

Most of the work has been going into the helicopter side of the diorama. But I did finally get a start on the GAZ crane.




Not much to show, really. But the big work will begin once the truck is complete and I can get to work putting a crane on the back of it.

[Shawn Ramsey]

So where are the Pics of the helicopter? I really enjoy watching your builds progress John.

Shawn

[Steve Hutchinson]

Aeroflot
Here it is Shawn

[Philipp Gross]

That's an impressive Helo...too bad we're not worthy to gaze upon its beauty...

Philipp

[John Everett]

That's an impressive Helo...too bad we're not worthy to gaze upon its beauty...

Philipp

Yeah. Yeah. It's not really "armour". But here's many of the same pictures as well as a few not in the original thread.


The passenger version has square windows. So I had to cut the round windows in the kit. If you've not given it a try, take a look at a UV activated glue called Bondic. It doesn't fog clear parts.