mcovalsk
12-03-2007, 01:00 PM
I received my two Hilux trucks today from our partner HobbyLink Japan, huge box and a lot of tax as we have import duties. Anyway studying the sprues I realized there are lot of good spares, the 350 old exhaust and wipers, as well as the foot steps....etc. A nice Tamiya touch leaving them.
I'm a lot involved with static plastic modelling, sometimes I would like people from that division could be so smart as RC are. I guess that people working at Tamiya America have a lot to do with this. Well done men! :yourock:
One piece that brought my attention was the front grille, having restored many Bruiser/Hilux, I used some bad copies distributed in eBay ( very bad!!!! I don't recommend them at all) You have to be a master working with those resin parts just in order they have a decent look. Now this new front grille is the state of the art of moulding, perfect is the only word coming to my mind.
Other interesting point is the rearview... you guy realized that they become broken with the minimal shock, now the kit provides a movable support.
The body is perfect, of course I love all those improvements and sure were realized in order the MFU be placed, but now the best ABS Tamiya body ever realized is better yet. I have bought in eBay too few vacu windshield which work perfectly in Mountaineer, they are cheap and good enough and I think will work perfectly here.
I like the black chrome, and guess that many people think like me, but if you think about to remove it will have to remove the whole chrome layer. I don't recommend this, the only way to get a hard chrome is....to chrome parts again and Alclad just will chrome the parts for a static kit, is very weak, believe me.
Congratulation to Tamiya again for other terrific piece, I don't know if the new Hilux is the faster or whatever others claim for their products, but I really think this is the finest electric RC model kit ever produced. :first:
I'm a lot involved with static plastic modelling, sometimes I would like people from that division could be so smart as RC are. I guess that people working at Tamiya America have a lot to do with this. Well done men! :yourock:
One piece that brought my attention was the front grille, having restored many Bruiser/Hilux, I used some bad copies distributed in eBay ( very bad!!!! I don't recommend them at all) You have to be a master working with those resin parts just in order they have a decent look. Now this new front grille is the state of the art of moulding, perfect is the only word coming to my mind.
Other interesting point is the rearview... you guy realized that they become broken with the minimal shock, now the kit provides a movable support.
The body is perfect, of course I love all those improvements and sure were realized in order the MFU be placed, but now the best ABS Tamiya body ever realized is better yet. I have bought in eBay too few vacu windshield which work perfectly in Mountaineer, they are cheap and good enough and I think will work perfectly here.
I like the black chrome, and guess that many people think like me, but if you think about to remove it will have to remove the whole chrome layer. I don't recommend this, the only way to get a hard chrome is....to chrome parts again and Alclad just will chrome the parts for a static kit, is very weak, believe me.
Congratulation to Tamiya again for other terrific piece, I don't know if the new Hilux is the faster or whatever others claim for their products, but I really think this is the finest electric RC model kit ever produced. :first: