ZIL-130 - the Soviet/ Russian/ Lituanian flatbed truck

ZIL-130 (ЗИЛ-130) is a Soviet (later Russian) truck, produced from 1962 to 2012 at the Likhachev Automobile Plant (from 1992 to 2012 these trucks were assembled at the "Amur" plant). It was one of the most numerous and widely used Soviet trucks - over 3 million units were produced. The car began to be developed in 1953 (then called ZIS-125). The first prototypes appeared in 1957, and serial production began in 1962. The truck had a hydraulic power steering, three seats in the cabin. Since 1977 the design of the capot has changed - the radiator grille has been changed, the turn signals are installed above (not below, as before) the headlights. The standard ZIL-130 model was a flatbed truck with a length of 6675 mm, a width of 2500 mm, a height of 2400 mm, a wheelbase of 3800 mm, and a mass of 4300 kg. The truck had a carrying capacity of ~6 tons. The car was powered by an 8-cylinder, 6-liter, 150 h. p. gasoline engine. Many different modifications of the ZIL-130 were created: tractors (ZIL-130V1), dump trucks (ZIL-130D1), gas-powered (ZIL-138), as well as fire trucks, truck cranes, etc. The trucks were exported in large numbers abroad: to Afghanistan, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mongolia, and other countries. After the collapse of the USSR, many of them remained to work in various building, agricultural and other enterprises of the Republic of Lithuania, some of which were taken over by the reestablished Lithuanian Army (Lietuvos Kariuomenė). All of them were used for quite a long time due to their durability and good performance, but time took its toll and now to meet "Ziliok" on the roads of Lithuania is a great rarity, equal to a miracle.

Quite a complex, although significantly simplified model of this car for medium-experienced and experienced modelers. This is a reprint of the 3rd issue of the "W. M. C. Models" publishing house, only without the details of the emergency service truck and supplemented with details of the exhaust system. There is a considerable reserve of colors. History and instructions in the graphic instructions in Lithuanian, Polish, English and Russian. The graphic instructions are small, but quite clear, there is no textual instruction.