Toyota Probox ( commerical version)

[martinfan5]

Toyota Probox, this is what is sold for commercial use,  painted plain ole boring Silver from Tamiya,  now, there are some issues,  more on the engineering side, Aoshima miss the marked and this was like building a bad Fujimi kit.   The lack of mounting pins or tabs made for a bit of a process getting parts to stay put, the interior door panel pieces just sit right on top of the interior floor , and any attempt at trying to align it makes fall right off.  The front seats , no tabs or anything, just right to the floor. 

The Hood has no mounting points to glue it place, the taillights dont fit great,  the windows dont fit great either.

With all that said, its a neat kit of a neat little subject.

Edited February 5, 2018 by martinfan5

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[iamsuperdan]

I think it's a pretty cool kit, and you did a great job on it!

[peter31a]

A bit disappointing that a newly tooled kit could be so poorly designed. Especially considering some of the great kits that Aoshima has put out in recent years.

[martinfan5]

13 hours ago, peter31a said:

A bit disappointing that a newly tooled kit could be so poorly designed. Especially considering some of the great kits that Aoshima has put out in recent years.

Yes it is, I hope this is just a oddity and new kits moving forward will back up to what we expect from Aoshima.

[peekay]

Not my sort of vehicle but a beautifully built model of it!

[Luc Janssens]

Young design team, rushed into production, who knows, but what I do know is, that it looks neat, it doesn't always have to be an, all whistles and bells project.

Great job Jonathan!

[martinfan5]

6 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Young design team, rushed into production, who knows, but what I do know is, that it looks neat, it doesn't always have to be an, all whistles and bells project.

Great job Jonathan!

Its very good kit ,   just misses the mark in a few area's, Aoshima set a bar for their kits,  so its kind of shocking to see one that doesn't reach it.  But yes, I agree with you are saying.

[slusher]

Super nice!