Today a new model in 1:35 scale from the AT-T vehicle family. It is the MDK-2M mine excavator. It was used for position construction. The model was created at a time when Trumpeter did not yet have the AT-T kit available, and the corresponding tracks from Friul did not yet exist. The model was scratch built, everything was built from plastic. Metal tracks from Friul ATL-01 were used and converted to the appropriate width. The cabin was created from a ZIL-151 kit and was widened.
Here are the pictures in the transport position
Today something about the construction of the model. As already mentioned, no Trumpeter model was used in the construction. The cabin consists of a widened ZiL-151 driver’s cab, as in the original. The road wheels were used from other kits, everything else was made from plastic and copper sheet. Here are a few pictures of the construction.
