TOYOTA HILUX Double Cab 1/24

[Hermann Kersten]

Hello everyone,

After having built a number of trucks, I looked in my stash ..... and saw that there were a lot of cars and vans on the shelf.
After some searching I chose this Toyota Hilux from Aoshima.
A nice kit of good quality, and despite the not so many parts, still nicely detailed.

The kit is in general an out of the box built, except for some minor adjustments, floor mats on the floor of the double cab, the inner front wheel arches made conected with the body, and the 2 large holes at the rear of the cab, which I of course closed , and shortened the long pinns of the cargo bed that should fall into these holes.

The car itself painted with Motip car paint in a typical Japanese standard color, chrome parts de-chromed and redone with chrome marker, to change the "chrome toy look" into a more realistic look.

The toyota emblem and the male are from Zoomon models
A company in Hong Kong, which has beautiful car stuff and trans kits, of good quality and a very fast delivery.

This is the final result after gluing and painting and i hope you guys find this a nice pick-up truck.

 

 

Hermann.

 

 

Edited September 8, 2020 by Hermann Kersten

[iamsuperdan]

Excellent job!

This is a kit I enjoyed building, but want to go back and try again. I feel I rushed mine a little, didn't turn out how I envisioned it.

Yours is much better!

 

[espo]

Great looking build. I had never heard of the Resin Conversion Parts you used. They offer some good looking parts. 

[Goose1957]

Beautiful looking truck. I like your color choice. I would say all of your extra work paid off on your build. I never cared for the extra mirrors that are put on many Japanese cars and trucks. They may help you see blind spots better, but they really detract from the otherwise clean lines of the body. Just my humble opinion.  Great work on the truck.

Jeff 

[Spottedlaurel]

Very nicely done, it looks really good.

I got the same kit not so long ago, no immediate plans yet but having seen your completed one I might start thinking about it.......

[Hermann Kersten]

On 9/8/2020 at 3:52 PM, iamsuperdan said:

Excellent job!

This is a kit I enjoyed building, but want to go back and try again. I feel I rushed mine a little, didn't turn out how I envisioned it.

Yours is much better!

 

Thank you Dan, and yes,  I also enjoyed this build, very good fit quality, and as a manner of speaking, everything falls together by itself.

I hope to see yours soon also.

 

On 9/8/2020 at 5:36 PM, espo said:

Great looking build. I had never heard of the Resin Conversion Parts you used. They offer some good looking parts. 

Thank you David, this company indeed has very nice and rare parts and trans kits, and for a favorable price.
The shipping costs are also very reasonable.

 

On 9/10/2020 at 3:50 PM, Goose1957 said:

Beautiful looking truck. I like your color choice. I would say all of your extra work paid off on your build. I never cared for the extra mirrors that are put on many Japanese cars and trucks. They may help you see blind spots better, but they really detract from the otherwise clean lines of the body. Just my humble opinion.  Great work on the truck.

Jeff 

Thank you Jeff, and as far as the mirror is concerned, I also share your opinion, but I wanted to create a model that is as pure Japanese as possible with this model.

 

19 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Very nicely done, it looks really good.

I got the same kit not so long ago, no immediate plans yet but having seen your completed one I might start thinking about it.......

Thank you Nigel, It is a very nice kit to make and there are 2 different versions in the kit.

I hope to see yours also.

 

Hermann.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[PappyD340]

Great looking Toyota, well done!

[iamsuperdan]

10 hours ago, Hermann Kersten said:

Thank you Dan, and yes,  I also enjoyed this build, very good fit quality, and as a manner of speaking, everything falls together by itself.

I hope to see yours soon also.

 

Posted it up when I finished it. A couple of years ago now.  I still plan on building another, and taking my time this time.

 

 

[kilrathy10]

Very nice work on this thing... Very nice... You really made it look good...

[Plastheniker]

Hi Hermann, usually modern pickups are not my cup of tea but reading your name I knew what to expect. Indeed once again perfect workmanship and photography.  For a few moments I took the first picture for real.

[Hermann Kersten]

On 9/12/2020 at 8:33 PM, iamsuperdan said:

Posted it up when I finished it. A couple of years ago now.  I still plan on building another, and taking my time this time.

 

 

I checked this topic Dan, I did't know this car, but very nice to see that you made this "outsider".

 

On 9/12/2020 at 9:54 PM, kilrathy10 said:

Very nice work on this thing... Very nice... You really made it look good...

Thank you TJ.

On 9/13/2020 at 5:30 PM, Plastheniker said:

Hi Hermann, usually modern pickups are not my cup of tea but reading your name I knew what to expect. Indeed once again perfect workmanship and photography.  For a few moments I took the first picture for real.

Thank you for stopping by and liking this Toyota Jürgen.

I'm really looking forward for your next sratch build, the 1936 MAN F 4 truck.

 

Hermann.