Overview – GAZ-AAA ~ or ~ Ford AAA?
The kit instructions state – “Manufacturing of vehicle GAZ-AAA was launched in 1934. It was the auto truck of a high maneuverability carrying capacity of 2 tons. Carburetor 4-cylinder engine GAZ-M in 50 h.p. is located in the frontal part of frame. The machine in weight of 2,475 tons has the maximal speed 6mkm/h. Manufacture of trucks proceeded till 1944.” The GAZ-AAA triple axle truck was a development of the earlier double axle GAZ-AA which was a licensed copy of the Ford Model AA 1.5ton truck (UM also makes a GAZ-MM which is basically the GAZ-AA with a larger engine). The GAZ-AAA was a simple triple axle 6 x 4 truck that formed the basis for numerous variants. In any case .. as the GAZ-AA/MM is basically a licensed copy of the Ford AA I can happily build the GAZ-AAA as a “Ford AAA” – that Ford never did so bothers me not at all. |
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The wheels need to be painted prior to assembling to the tires. The tires can be made to look more realistic. Posts in Model Cars Magazine Forum address this.
Great article in Modellismo goes into painting tires that look hard used. Some of the same info about the treads and such but much greater detail overall.
Looking at the links I posted above the from Modellismo is using 1:35 scale tires but 1:48 scale is approximately 3/4 the larger 1:35 scale so all of the techniques should easily apply.
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![]() I figure it would be easier to paint all of the wheels at one time. |
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