I needed a street sweeper vehicle for my Loewenherz park and found a nice Wiking Unimog street sweeper. Unfortunately, I could not find the same article number as the one showed up on the Internet has a different cab design (Wiking Unimog U20 (Art. No. 064639))

It looks too shiny and clean for a hardworking street sweeper vehicle and definitely perfect candidate for weathering. First step is to remove all parts and give them a clean wash. I use wet towel for the quick cleanup. It contains mild alcohol.

All parts were carefully painted and weathering based on a reference picture. This is the only picture of a real-life vehicle that I could find. Interestingly. most of the parts of the Wiking model are on the opposite site.

Foto: kunzmann.de

I used AK Interactive Streaking Grime, Rust Streaks, Neutral Grey washes as well as Vallejo Diesel stains. For the tires, I used Vallejo Model Air Neutral Grey mixed with some Black Grey and drybrushed with Sand Yellow. Unfortunately, I did not take photos of every weathering steps.

After putting all the parts together and touched up some missing spots, I protected the weathering with a light spray of Bergswerk ultra matt and satin gloss varnishes mixture (50/50)

First Impressions

I am looking for warning sign decals to complete the model. I hope you like it.