A couple of obscure Mitsubishi medium duty trucks

[traditional]

These kits certainly didn't seem to fit into the 'Big Rig category so decided to try them in the lighter duty category forum.

I bought the two Fuso kits while visiting Singapore about 15 years ago.....they are both from 'Sparp Models' (I assume from Japan) and intended to be built as over-decorated cult-Japanese vehicles. The picture on the box certainly put me off, but a quick look inside convinced me that they could easily be built as stock vehicles. The instructions were extremely vague and it took some time to figure out how the small mixer details should be assembled. I redid the mirror brackets and the side 'safety railings (based on truck-book reference) on both vehicles in soldered wire because the originals were crudely molded and then I painted all the various assemblies of both trucks in basecoat/clearcoat.

Although these aren't high-detail models by any means, I find the proportion and finished look of both of them to be very satisfying.

I'd actually like to find the kits again, but they seem quite rare and seldom come up on ebay, etc.

Edited October 13, 2013 by traditional

[1930fordpickup]

These are cool .They look good . The box would have scared me away.

[peekay]

Great looking models, outstanding finish and details.

[PappyD340]

Very NICELY done Clifford, they look great!!

[Chris White]

great work, thanks for not building like the box top......to many stickers

[Danno]

Very cool!

[pharoah]

Nice builds! I've thought about getting one of those,but the ones I see are 1/32nd and not cheap...

Neat looking trucks though.

[JDGREEN]

Very nice

[Casey]

Great looking models, outstanding finish and details.

I'll second that. Cliff has the ability to turn any model into a work of art.

[Skydime]

Cliff also has the abilty to look past those lame decals and see the real beauty of these kits. I gotta tell ya, if I was looking for this kind of truck and saw the box, I'd keep on scrollin' down the page. Great work.