August 06, 2017

ROMAN DIESEL | episode II

It is obvious: my nostalgia for old Romanian cars is endless! And one of the brands which made my childhood to be interesting is Roman, the truck factory located in Brasov, not very far from my home town (not important detail because I never visited this factory…).
A short history you can read here, in the post describing my first conversion : ROMAN DIESEL 
So, those being told, I want to show you the second conversion I made from a Saviem SM17o Tanker from IXO @ 1| 43rd scale. The result is a tarpaulin cargo truck. Very often seen in the ‘80s when the national automotive industry has to provide everything was necessary for the national economy.
The truck looks like below: