The Syrian civil war
that is happening at the moment is, next to the Ukrainian war, the most
recognizable conflict we can see day by day in the news. So it is also the
inspirational for all modellers who build modern vehicles to show their models
in scenery seen in the pictures from this region.
When I was asked to
build some urban looking vehicle I intended to set it in the Syria. I had
Trumpeter’s new ZSU-57-2 on my shelf so I started to look for the pictures of
this vehicle. Truly speaking it was really hard to find good pictures and
existed ones are mostly useless for my project. I found only couple shots taken
in discussed region; there are also some good walkarounds. So based on those I
needed to start my creative powers and complete this project with stuff I had
in my boxes.
The main idea was to
show the ZSU as a main subject with company of 3 or 4 figures. For the
background I wanted to use Macone Models resin and plaster products – different
types of walls with metal doors and asphalt section. The highest point was some
pole with telephone wires which is typical and often seen in the pictures the
same as satelite antennas.
The full s-b-s- article was published in Tanker.
