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Originally Posted by cliff
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
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Cliff,
I've made a few inaccurate models from the Tamiya kit, 3-tonner, 15 cwt, F8 Muliner-Park ward Staff car, 3 ton 2pounder A/T Portee, & all this time I've had to make do with narrowing down the bonnet wings and having to leave the radiator bonnet centre alone through lack of a good plan. Do you have such & would you be willing to let me have a copy please? All costs covered of course!
Howard