martinfan5 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 The reissued kit, meh, its not going win any awards, painted with Scale Finishes Datsun Sky Blue. Ride height was lowered, BMF for the hub caps, did its not 100% finished, there are a few bits I need to add to the engine compartment, and find the spare tire, I misplaced it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Looks great to me, and I really like that color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 My local hobbyshop has one in stock,i'm sorta on the fence about it,any real issues assembly wise?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, kelson said: My local hobbyshop has one in stock,i'm sorta on the fence about it,any real issues assembly wise?. Yes, its very old crappy tooling, noting fits like it should, but the biggest issue I found was with the cab/interior bucket/dash/windshield, I had to, or ended up cutting away most of the dash so the interior tub would sit all the up inside the cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Great looking truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I really like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Thank you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Looks good to me. My friend owns a real one and I'm going to model it. I have to convert it to RHD. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Looks nice, I have one to build, also have the similar truck from Revell that has the dirt bikes, might build them side by side and compare. Does this kit allow you to build it more "street" like? I know the box art shows a couple of versions but wanted your impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Nice build. Yes,I know what you mean about the ride height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 That looks great. Got the kit recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Cute little bugger. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Beautiful and simple. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Well done! I like the plain Jane look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I like it. Great color choice. Excellent work on a challenging kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Looks pretty cool to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/6/2018 at 5:51 PM, Bennyg said: Looks good to me. My friend owns a real one and I'm going to model it. I have to convert it to RHD. Ben A farmer friend of mine had one too, same color. He used to load it with bales so that it ended up like some loads you see on facebook. A great big pile a hay with a little blue dot underneath .They were immensely strong and tough. Nice model. Brought back memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 11 hours ago, landman said: A farmer friend of mine had one too, same color. He used to load it with bales so that it ended up like some loads you see on facebook. A great big pile a hay with a little blue dot underneath .They were immensely strong and tough. Nice model. Brought back memories. My friend's Datsun ute is a street machine now. It has a Nissan Silvia turbo engine in it. It's a scary quick. So much for a lightweight vehicle. It scared me. Awesome. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Nice build..! I remember building this kit as a kid it was not a easy one but its still a cool little truck model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I bought an original unbuilt of this right before they announced the reissue. You may have inspired me to start it! Really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 On 06/02/2018 at 12:09 AM, martinfan5 said: Yes, its very old crappy tooling, noting fits like it should, but the biggest issue I found was with the cab/interior bucket/dash/windshield, I had to, or ended up cutting away most of the dash so the interior tub would sit all the up inside the cab. Huh. I'm building one too. All I had to do is sand down the ends of the dash a bit so it wouldn't spread out the interior bucket and everything just slid right in place for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejunkman Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I was wondering about this kit. Seeing a nice build of it, might inspire me to make this replica but only in 1/25 instead of (about) 1/64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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