Tamiya Toyota AA Type

[Edsel-Dan]

Since Plastruct makes most of their Structural shapes out of ABS,

their Bondene should work on those parts in this kit.

Many of the sheet & strip shapes are now offered in Styrene too, but most of the Molded fittings

ie pipe elbows, etc are still only offered in ABS..

I too wonder why the Mix of material in the kit

[Longbox55]

I may have missed out on part of the engine discussion on what would be a good match to put into this, the closest in appearance would be the engine form the 1950 Chevrolet 3100 pickup, even though it's supposed to be a 216 c.i. instead of a 235, they're virtually identical in appearance, this is a 1/25 scale engine though, the only 1/24 Chevy I can think of comes in the Monogram 1953 Chevy hardtop kit, and that with the stock valve cover is about the same in appearance with the center bolt valve cover instead of the bolts on the perimeter, only problem is it comes with a powerglide two speed automatic transmission instead of the manual three speed.

Most don't know it, but ALL the Chevrolet sixes all the way back to the little 194 c.i. have all the passages for pressure oiling systems in the block, all it would take is drilling and tapping the needed passages for the oil pump and its mounting bolts. From the outside the dimensions are the same, it's not until you get into the GMC 270 c.i. engine does the outside dimensions change, the trick to putting the longer "Jimmy" into the Chevy is using a Pontiac water pump that is much shorter.

Just a little 1:1 stuff for the inline fans.

The 216/236 would not be a good match, the Toyota engine was based on the earlier 194/208 engine. The engine from the MPC '32 Chevy would be the closest.

[64Comet404]

Since I couldn't find Tamiya's ABS cement locally, I went with Chuck's suggestion and bought some Plastruct Bondene. It works great on the kit plastic. One warning to builders about the ABS-once it's bonded, it doesn't want to let go. I messed up on the location of the rear shocks (parts A4 and A5), and mounted them so the arms were parallel to the end of the chassis. Doing this caused a fit issue when installing the rear axle assembly. Go by the drawing in the instructions, and it will work.

As for the ABS plastic, I wonder if Toyota may be considering putting these out as dealer promos. Mold the body and frame in black, and assemble them at their plant in the Phillipines, and you would have a desk ornament strong enough to handle the occasional snatch and smash from a customer's kid. Just a thought.

[mike 51]

Mine came today..

.it's about the same size as Monograms 37 Ford sedan.

Molded in white..

No opening hood or engine (it would be a very big project to open the hood and add all the underhood parts and structure)

Full chassis detail. Poseable steering.

Very nice tires and wheels (but no lug or hub detail on the wheels)

It's right-hand drive but that could be changed pretty easily.

Photo-etched hood emblem.

Pretty darn nice for $23...

Edited July 7, 2015 by mike 51

[martinfan5]

How about a look at whats in the box ?

https://youtu.be/ifm0MldH39M

Edited July 9, 2015 by martinfan5