New 1:35 Kit announced: FORD F60L

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Originally Posted by Kuno

Would you think that the mistakes could be corrected by the modeller or is it a "lost kit"?

The only thing that cannot be changed is the scale. The Tamiya kit is closer to 1/32 scale then 1/35 so this would be impossible to fix but the other detail inaccuracies could be fixed by a modeller using plastic strip and sheet.

My main winge about kits like this, resin or plastic, is why do manufacturers put all that time and effort into a kit like this, charge like a wounded bull pricewise and fail to make it a bit more accurate to prove it is worth the purchase price. Yes using the Tamiya kit as a base saved money but I bet this saving will not be reflected in the kits retail price when it is released.

The Tamiya Quad kit is an old timer and does make up to a decent (but not scale accurate) kit. For years people have known of it's scale inaccuracy so why start a new kit with a 'wrong' base? I made a true to scale 11 cab GS 3 tonner and used a few of the Tamiya bits such as wheels and diffs but I did make the cab and body to 1/35 scale. It was easy enough to do once I had got off my chuff and found and measured a real one. In fact the measured vehicle was one of the Kingaroy trucks from several years ago.

pictured is the model I made