1/20 Mitsubishi H-58 Jeep

[Junkman]

This is going to be a bog standard 60s Mitsubishi J-58 like the myriads which were trampled in the Godzilla movies of my childhood.

The starting point is this Aoshima kit:

It will basically provide the body only and a few ancilliaries.

The chassis and wheels will come from this 1/20 Mitsuwa Willys:

Why?

Because the Aoshima Jeep is one of these 'can be motorized' deals, so this is what is supplied as a chassis:

Hence this is what is best done with it:

This is the body supplied by Aoshima:

The fender flares are already removed in this picture.

As you can see, the floor is way too high up in the body to clear the intended mechanicals for the motorized version. Therefore, my first deed was to cut it out completely:

Edited April 2, 2010 by Junkman

[Brizio]

Nice!!! I will follow it! I had this kit too, nice kit little on the toy side.

[RodneyBad]

Looking good so far.

Looks like ya did the right thing with the Extras

I have a Just body for the jimny

Love to find a Complete one.

It's a Suzuki Thing

I picked up the LandCruiser version for parts.

Not really gonna work tho

[Junkman]

I'd love to have the Land Cruiser and Jimny. But it looks like a black hole has opened and swallowed all 1/20 scale kits.