Hello!
I want to introduce you a model of stick boom crane Kanglim KS-3105 based on Kamaz. May be some of elements will be useful for models of armor.
For truck I used model of Zvezda #3698 s-22 Greyhound. There are no 4x8 truck (scale 1:35) so I decide to use frame, cabin, some parts of suspension from Grayhond.
Firstly, I made frame shorter, redone front suspension (because original kit is 8x8 but I need 4x8) , added air tank assembly
Greyhound's wheels were too big so I used 3d-printed wheels. For fenders I used soft tinplate.
The most difficult part was crane. Because I built European truck, I chose Kanglim crane because it’s on of the most popular in Europe. So I used pictures and drawings from internet.
I made column from soft tinplate, base from old plastic cards.
…arm of the crane was made by soft tinplate, parts of plastic, wire. Workman basket is from tinplate and thin plastic tubes.
… rear outrigger was made by plastic. Hydraulic line is wire. Actually hydraulic line was one of the most difficult part. Unfortunately the back of the truck hides all of hydraulic. But also it hides some of mistakes. There are no p.t.o. system and pump system . If it’ll be Palfinger or Fussy crane I couldn’t have hide this mistakes.
tools and drums in boxes and different things in the back were made from plastic, wires, wooden , paper and rubber.
Paint: Tamiya (spray paint and brush), pigments and fixer MIG and Wilder. DecalsI made in graphics program.
Anymore photos
As you can see I try to use usual materials for model, there are no photoetched (almost). It took a long time but model was interesting.
Thank you for attention. Have a nice day.
And sorry for mistake in the text
Vladimir