Jordan White

My build is slow going, I need to paint the chassis so I can get some progress going!

Perhaps Joseph's Goodyear Suburbanite tires would be a good match.

Thanks!

I just completed this pair of builds that are meant to represent a 1992 Toyota Land Cruiser and Hilux from Pakistan. I used the Aoshima Hilux and Tamiya Land Cruiser, and built them box stock.

Of course, too few parts gives us the "melted" brake booster/master cylinder, battery, and heater core housing, which also goes back to the "too much detail in one area, not enough in another" dilemma.

48 pieces does seem a bit much for a kit smaller than 1/12 scale, so that is certainly a case of too many parts. However, on the other end, some kits (namely older ones) have too few parts, electing to combine parts together (such as heads and intake manifold). It does seem like a balancing act to have enough parts for detail's sake, but not too many to where the builder is overwhelmed by numerous little pieces or bad fitment that throws off a bunch of other parts. On the other hand though, it seems that many of the larger scale kits seem to not have enough parts. Most of the Japanese large scale kits have plenty of parts and detail to create a convincing kit (Tamiya and Doyusha/Otaki come to mind), while the American kits seem to be not much more than scaled up 1/24 or 1/25 kits. Sure they don't need to go all out with working suspensions and turning steering wheels, but at least have poseable steering and enough parts to fill out an engine bay properly.

Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon! I have been working on getting the body painted, as well as getting the chassis buttoned up in preparation for paint.

Boy would it be nice if Revell would come out with some 1/16 Tri-Five kits of their own, especially new tools that have well fitting parts and no metal axles (at least not in the front). I know that they've talked about not doing much more in the way of 1/12 kits, but 1/16 are not much larger than the 1/18 scale diecasts that people love, and they still allow for plenty of detailing over the smaller kits. Those would honestly be the only Tri-Five kits that I wouldn't complain about being new tools!

This is a 1/16 scale kit, though Revell has the 1/16 Camaro and Trans Am kits which have good engines.

Do these wheels happen to fit in the BFG Radial T/A tires at all?

Embossing or imprinting would be smart, except if it's noticeable enough and the caster isn't dumb, they will simply fill the imprint with putty before casting (or sand it in the case of raised text).

Any progress on this build?

They are very well done, especially the detail on the tires! It sucks though that they are one of the only modern aftermarket 8-lug wheels currently available (that I've found)! Hopefully Joseph makes some other styles eventually if these sell well enough.

Thanks! I forgot to post my more recent updates in here! Here's the body currently: Chassis: Bed: Hood/grille and bumper: Wheels and tires:

Just go to the website of the store of your choice and find it. The Walmart site shows you whether its in stock and you can search by location.

Just go to the area with the cleaning supplies, it is just vinyl and tile floor finisher, here's what it looks like: I guess I'm not surprised that people don't know where it is, most probably wouldn't have used it at all since it seems to have gone by the wayside to keep your floors coated.

Here's the body currently: SAM_0237 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr Chassis: SAM_0240 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr Bed: SAM_0242 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr Hood/grille and bumper: SAM_0243 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr Wheels and tires: SAM_0241 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr

I haven't had a chance to do much in the way of updating lately, been flipping between 3 different builds! I'll try to remember to post some pics tonight, but I did get the cab pretty much completed, with it currently sitting in primer. The bed required some square tube placed between the fenders and the inner box to straighten out the sides, and I will have to add the ribbing to the bottom as well. I also received a set of of wheels and tires from Joseph at Fireball Modelworks which will give it some height and some attitude! I tried to stay more stock in regards to the transmission, but I couldn't find any kits that have a manual that resembles an NV4500. I figure, since I don't plan on keeping this totally stock, I will simply use the kit transmission (TR-6060 which is similar to the T56) and say that it was swapped in for the 6th gear and better ratios (I have come across conversion kits to attach a transfer case, so it is a plausible swap).

Looks good!

Could you post up a pic? I'm interested to see how they look!

I am intrigued by the 1/12 500F, though it all depends on the price. Since the truck kits seem to go for 30 bucks and up around here, I'm thinking probably high double digits.

I suppose I can finally post something here! As you can see in the first post, I'll be building a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500. It will have the 8.0L V10, 5-speed manual, 4x4, and will be the extended cab-long bed configuration with the Sport trim package. The kits I'm using are the Revell Ram VTS, AMT Ram 2500, and yes, the Meng F350! The F350 will be providing the chassis and drivetrain (minus the engine/trans), the AMT kit will provide the cab extension, long box, tailights, and rear bumper, and the Revell kit will provide most of the rest of the parts. Here's the combined cab and the long bed, I still have to do some final work on the cab. Finally, here's the chassis in its current state. I had to remove 3/4" from the frame, as well as rearrange a few pieces to get it in a similar configuration to the Dodge chassis.

I'll be building a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500. It will have the 8.0L V10, 5-speed manual, 4x4, and will be the extended cab-long bed configuration with the Sport trim package. The kits I'm using are the Revell Ram VTS, AMT Ram 2500, and yes, the Meng F350! SAM_0229 by mudder_trucker8 The F350 will be providing the chassis and drivetrain (minus the engine/trans), the AMT kit will provide the cab extension, long box, tailights, and rear bumper, and the Revell kit will provide most of the rest of the parts. Here's the combined cab and the long bed, I still have to do some final work on the cab. SAM_0230 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr Finally, here's the chassis in its current state. I had to remove 3/4" from the frame, as well as rearrange a few pieces to get it in a similar configuration to the Dodge chassis. SAM_0235 by mudder_trucker8, on Flickr

The one thing I've always wondered is what is it with the redesigned AMT boxes in the early 2000s? To me at least, they made the kits look really bad compared to earlier boxart. An example: Dodge Ram snap kit Old box: Newer box:

A bit of work done to mine so far, the engine is out of the Revell '99 Silverado and is mostly built. I had to cut out a bit of the inner fenderwells to fit the exhaust. I also got the chassis mostly together. Front suspension is stock, rear consists of stock shocks with leaf springs from Revell '99 Silverado, and axle from an Aoshima kit meant to resemble a Ford 9".