Some of you are following developments in Ukraine closely. I am one of these folks. We help some Ukrainians that arrived in Belgium in the first week of the conflict and so the whole thing is rather personal to me.

I usually follow the news on Twitter, but also from some local Ukrainian news sites that have an offering in English. I can recommend the following sources:
Mriya Report: https://twitter.com/MriyaReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Ukrainska Pravda, a local newspaper that has a site in English:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
War on the rocks podcast by Ryan Evans:

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One of the pictures that came past in the early days of the conflict is the following: It depicts a Gaz Tigr (233014) lightly armored Infantry vehicle that was stopped on the road. The picture was likely taken during the first push towards Kyiv in February this year. MENG model has this vehicle in scale 1:35 (VS-003) so I started-off on this little project. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/meng-model-vs-003-tiger--180937 I want to have the vehicle stopped by small arms fire on its way to Kyiv. I built a highway overpass from styrene rods and added some railing from another MENG kit. This build will likely be slow because of the limited time I have on the bench. Here are some pictures as it stands: Hope you like it! Happy modeling, Michel.

Michel, @michel-verschuere
This is already shaping up to be another one of your epic dioramas. You always capture the "look" and seem to have this down to a science. Your ability to scratch build things is very impressive.

I definitely will be watching for further updates. Keep it going my friend ! 🙂

Great idea, Michel @michel-verschuere, I’d much rather see these vehicles like this than driving round Red Square on their annual jolly.

Very very nice, Michel @michel-verschuere
Nice idea to create the road like this.

Looks great, Michel (@michel-verschuere). You are the king of military dioramas, so I can't wait to see this one done. There are times I still can't believe that this has happened to the Ukraine. I grew up during the Cold War, and this is starting to seem the same.

Here is an update!
Worked the dio further and attached the road signs. Also added some static grass by the side of the road. I think I will add some snow too, because this setting is from end of February, beginning March near Kyiv, when the weather was still cold.

I also dry-fitted the resin wheels that needed to be drilled-out proir. Lining them out will be some work but fist they need to be painted, like the body of the truck as well. Spent a lot of time on the interior, where decals mimic the lining with camo cloth. I think half the work on the model is the interior.



I plan to keep all doors open, so it was important to do this patiently.


Working every week on this, life keeps me busy in other places. I also have been abroad many times lately!

Happy modeling!

Great idea.

Some more pictures. Will try to make better ones later this week! I hope you like the progress...

3 attached images. Click to enlarge.