mini trucker

Please do not automatically label a comment regarding your behavior as smart assed simply because it did not agree with you, that is rather childish. I wasn't concerned with my comment sounding friendly, you are correct. I also did not intend for it to sound mean either. I simply wanted to bring attention to the way you come across to some of the members on the board here. Not unlike yourself I was simply calling it as I see it. Also, assuming that I would not be interested in your particular subject matter of choice simply because I did not agree with one aspect of your behavior is a little bit much. I am very interested in the Pocher kits and would love to have a go at one someday when my skills are up to the task. Its going to be a long way in the future with how fast I'm building skills now, lol.

It will be good to have you doing something other than pointing out something negative in every other build or under glass thread.

The revell version has factory style wheel flares where the aoshima uses an aftermarket style. The revell has better body proportions in my eyes. They are both 1/24 scale. The KingCab revell offered in the past as a 4x4 and a 2x4 was 1/25 scale.

That was a beer so they probably had to rename it. I'm excited for its arrival though, missed it the first time around

That's awesome! I remember seeing kits like this on the shelves when I was a little kid. Made me want to try my hand at modeling so badly

Was the mpc 3 wheeler kit a 1/8 as well?

Use a drill to turn them against a fine wire brush to add wear to the tread surface. The wires on the brush will get down into the tiny low spots where sandpaper doesn't. I have done lots of 2 piece drag slicks this way and it works well.

Gow job was another name used for hot rods in the earliest days

Mushroom shaped windows never go out of style

Neat-o man! I love Datsun trucks in all their forms. The step bed looks good on there

I remember the article where Tim built his version. Crazy to think that was 25 years ago already, where does the time go? Your version looks very nice and has held up well over the years. I enjoyed your write up on the project along with the photos. Keep up the good work

Far out man!

Mpc universal dune buggy for me

Neat-o, nice build of a less than usual subject

The trucks went from Datsun to Nissan in the 83 model year. They made some front end changes too, bumper, valance and grille were all tweaked with . They also lost the vents on the hood for the switchover year. I'm excited to see the kit return to the fold, its simple but builds up well. I'm thinking some lift and the tires from the jeep Rubicon kit. The kits 6 lug wheels would be accurate too. The hardbody model of truck started in the 86 1/2 model year and the long bed regular cab hardbodies were dropped after 89

Keep an eye on your local craigslist for deals on kits. Even kits that aren't your style can be traded off for ones that are. Try and ignore Harry as best you can, too, lol. Every forum has a "that guy" , he is ours.

I always grab em for the Hemi, it swaps into the 34 pickup, all the 32 car variants, the 36 coupe and the 40 ford kits too

Keep on mini truckin bro! Hope to see you back at it soon

Good haul man! A couple of those would be good candidates for reissue I think

Looks sweet man! Wheels really set it off

The fuel tanks on Grumpys cars were painted white in an effort to reflect track heat and keep the fuel cool. Build looks good, keep it up

Hobby hobby in Streetsville had a pretty decent paint rack and a small selection of car and truck models as well. They handle a lot of RC stuff too, nice people to deal with.

Go for the power feed option too, money well spent

You can tint your glass using black fabric dye in hot water, I use RIT brand myself. You can use the different colours to get different looks too

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