oldcarfan Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I bought two of the Aoshima food trucks from Lionheart Hobby and decided to do something different with them. This is the first completed one. I decided to turn it into a pint-sized overland truck and this is the result. Walmart has some interesting toys that proved to be a good source for parts. The Maisto mini trucks are 1/43rd-ish scale and are a good source for small vehicle parts. I bought a couple of them for $3.79 each and broke them down for parts. As for the actual Kei truck, it has steerable front wheels and I reversed the steering knuckles to raise the front and put a beam axle on the rear to raise it. The wheels are from the little Maisto trucks and scale out to about 12-13 inches in 1/24th scale. In my head, I figure you could use UTV wheels and tires to make it work. The roof light bar and the spare tire are from another Maisto mini truck and the winch, headlights, and taillights are from a Jada Toys 1/34th scale Jeep, another good source for smaller sized parts and tires. The Kei trucks are really tiny in real life, a lot of ranchers in my area are using them for utility vehicles. My pictures aren't great, but I used a 1/24th Welly Porsche Cayenne as a size reference. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Very Nice Build! Clever Conversion and use of parts! Good Show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 COOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hct728(Bob) Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 A Japanese Jeep! All ready for the Dakar Rally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 That's some great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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