Early '70s Mitsubishi Fuso T951 Heavy Freight

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Many Asian countries employ exceptionally long straight trucks for strictly 'city to city' highway transport. They'd have a difficult time manoeuvring within an urban area.

I've just completed this long, early '70s Mitsubishi Fuso T951 straight truck from a nicely manufactured Aoshima 1/32 scale kit.

Other than paint and one added detail, it was built almost totally box-stock.

Aoshima truck kits, while quite finicky with tiny details and a plethora of parts, are beautifully planned and finished....everything fits as it should and the parts are all beautifully molded.

Not typical on Aoshima truck kits, this kit included a nicely done motor and under floor detail but, for some reason, didn't include the ability to tilt the cab. My only modification to the kit was to remedy that omission and create the front tilt hinge detail.

[Gary Chastain]

Well done, nice build

[Engine 51]

That’s a nice rig right there.

[hct728(Bob)]

Neatly done! Nice colour variation inside and outside of the rear box, again neatly done particularly inside.  Can't see much of the engine and chassis all in black, I'm sure it is nicely detailed, the molding is so precise and delicate in this scale compared to most in 1:24/1:25. Nice work!

[PappyD340]

Extremely nice build, well done!

[Dutzie]

Super cool little truck! 

[leafsprings]

Great job! High quality work! Give us ideas on how to build the American counterpart Ford C series.

[stavanzer]

What a neat Build! A truck that most people would never see or model. You did a great job on this one.

Good Show!