martinfan5 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Hasegawa announced for a Nov release the Nissan Sunny Truck GB121 Long Body, price is 2720Y from Hobby Search, or 2560 from HLJ, pre orders are open. Been meaning to update with more pictures Edited October 29, 2014 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubaja Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Can't wait! Decent price to pay for a new tool. And garunteed to be more accurate than those new garbage American kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Can't wait! Decent price to pay for a new tool. And garunteed to be more accurate than those new garbage American kits. Yeah , I know, I am looking forward to this one, and you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Dang!! That's going on my list of kits to get and keep.. Got some house cleaning to do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Very nice. The real ones are collectors items in Australia now. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm guessing it'll be a curbside, but I don't care- I'm more than a little intrigued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Sunny I had heard of the Sunny (Datsun 1200 in the US in the 70s) but not this pickup version...was sold as a ute in Australia into the 80s and as a bakkie in South Africa for 37 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Yes, i need one, or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'm guessing it'll be a curbside, but I don't care- I'm more than a little intrigued. I am going to say more than likely , but as soon as more info is posted, I will update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Nothing to do with the Sunny specifically, but it is amazing Datsun got a foothold in the Australian market, considering they got off to what could best be described as a rocky start. Scroll down to "The Australian Built Datsun 13"- http://earlydatsun.com/datsun13.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migace Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Here is a link to pictures of the actual model and what the tooling looks like. For those of you who dont know. If you are looking to purchase any of the Asian manufactured kits this web site is great. Models old and new are on there and you can see the kit instructions as well as the contents of most any model. Try it out its really great resource. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10289551 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmate Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Never seen a long wheel base one of these here in Australia, plenty of short ones though. Pity they didn't make the short wheelbase 1200 utes we got.My mate picked up a good one for $300 about 12 months ago, they are cool little utes. Edited November 5, 2014 by checkmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Looks like a great kit - Hasegawa is a premier manufacturer. I love the fact that the engine is separate from the chassis even though it's a curbside - makes it a lot easier to paint or convert to full engine detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Never seen a long wheel base one of these here in Australia, plenty of short ones though. Pity they didn't make the short wheelbase 1200 utes we got. My mate picked up a good one for $300 about 12 months ago, they are cool little utes. Someone is currently doing a SWB conversion of it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) Here's the parts tree and the decal sheets. Turns out it is a curbside, but it has some more engine detail than I expected. Do you guys think you could swap the engine from the recently released Revell Datsun Truck into this? hmm..... Edited November 6, 2014 by DynoMight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Do you guys think you could swap the engine from the recently released Revell Datsun Truck into this? hmm..... I think the 1/25 Revell Datsun 510's engine would be a better choice, but might look a tad small in the 1/24 engine bay...unless you graft in some/most of the 510's engine bay, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Why not go all out and throw in a turbo'd EJ25 out of the Revell WRX and convert it to AWD, problem solved. Or go with a turbo'd 12a from the Monogram Rx-7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) The kit was released today should have mine next week sometime. Edited November 6, 2014 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Its a Sunny day here And take a look, you get two wheel options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The Nissan Does look like a Sunny Day. Thanks for the Reminder for me to order my Kits.. And Done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Someone's doing a BRE conversion over on Facebook and let me just say that it looks stunning. I really need to get one of these for a mild street custom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) In the December 2014 issue of the Japanese "Model Cars" magazine, there is an interview with Mr. Ano, the tooling designer (who was also the project champion) of the Sunny Truck, and Mr. Yamanishi from Hasegawa's project development team. Ano has pitched the project to management for 3-4 years, each time it was rejected he would polish up the proposal, and at last it was accepted. His original plan was to have a full detailed kit with separate chassis and body parts that allow it to be built as a long or short body, and engine detail. The long/short body option was rejected due to the complexity of the parts involved, and the engine was dropped due to tooling cost. Instead Hasegawa has designed the kit to be easy to build with minimal parts, to broaden the appeal to not only regular modellers but also to owners and fans of the Sunny Truck. The vote for long and short body was split pretty evenly. Ano himself prefers the short body. In the end Hasegawa decided to choose the version that would have appealed to most people based on the number of actual cars sold as well as the number of cars still exist, and the long body was picked. For anyone who would like to convert it to the short body, the wheelbase difference is 230 mm (2530 mm for the long body vs 2300 mm for the short body) and the bed length difference is 290 mm (1960 mm vs 1670 mm). So you will need to shorted the body by 9.58 mm in front of the rear wheel arch and 2.5 mm behind the rear wheel arch, and adjust the chassis accordingly. The reinforcing ribs decrease from 8 to 7 for the main truck bed side panels and from 4 to 3 for each side access panels. The number of hooks on the truck bed decrease from 5 to 4 on each side. Edited November 16, 2014 by fumi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 The following photos belong to Desk Top Japan , converting it to a short body version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Neat kit. Went to look at them on eBay. The prices were not good. More than I'm willing to pay. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Neat kit. Went to look at them on eBay. The prices were not good. More than I'm willing to pay. Scott $25 is the cheapest I found, which is about $3 more then I paid for mine, thats a decent price for the kit. Edited November 17, 2014 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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