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Oct 4 (2 days ago)
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Hello, I have your wonderful CCKW Machine Gun truck in 1/35 scale. I was writing to you today do see if a replacement cab is available in the correct dimensions. It is well documented that the initial release of this product has a misshapen cab. If a corrected version of the cab is available, I would like to purchase one. Thank you.
[email protected]
8:39 PM (13 hours ago)
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Dear Sir
Sorry that we do not have a revised one yet. Can you show me how it is wrong? So that I can show it to our engineers.
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seabee1526
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 07:13 PM UTC
jon_a_its
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 07:39 PM UTC
You got a reply from HB Customer Service 
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 08:46 PM UTC
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xxxxxx
Oct 4 (2 days ago)
to info
Hello, I have your wonderful CCKW Machine Gun truck in 1/35 scale. I was writing to you today do see if a replacement cab is available in the correct dimensions. It is well documented that the initial release of this product has a misshapen cab. If a corrected version of the cab is available, I would like to purchase one. Thank you.
[email protected]
8:39 PM (13 hours ago)
to me
Dear Sir
Sorry that we do not have a revised one yet. Can you show me how it is wrong? So that I can show it to our engineers.
HobbyBoss Service
Have you got the necessary information to send to them?
Have you sent anything yet?
seabee1526
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 08:49 PM UTC
I have not sent anything yet, i've been going thru the threads looking for the most accurate one to send back. If you have any recommendations i'd be more than happy to pass them along to HB
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 11:40 PM UTC
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I have not sent anything yet, i've been going thru the threads looking for the most accurate one to send back. If you have any recommendations i'd be more than happy to pass them along to HB
My source of knowledge is the various threads here on Armorama.
I think one of them had 'screwed the pooch' in the title/subject line.
/ Robin
petbat
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 03:07 AM UTC
You got a reply!! In that case, any chance you can sneak in an extra and ask them to add the missing sprue to their SdKfz 254 Kit.... the one not marked in the instrustions, or is in the box, but adds a few missing bits:
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 03:10 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextI have not sent anything yet, i've been going thru the threads looking for the most accurate one to send back. If you have any recommendations i'd be more than happy to pass them along to HB
My source of knowledge is the various threads here on Armorama.
I think one of them had 'screwed the pooch' in the title/subject line.
/ Robin
The link to the "screwed the pooch" thread is:
http://armorama.com/forums/225750&ord=0&page=1
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 03:17 AM UTC
Front fenders are too long which makes the doors too short.
Makes cab look squashed front to rear.
Below: Hobby Boss door laid over real door - proportions are wrong.
Below: Hobby Boss fender (tan) above Italeri fender (black).
(By the way - Tamiya fenders exactly match the Italeri fenders in length.
Makes cab look squashed front to rear.
Below: Hobby Boss door laid over real door - proportions are wrong.
Below: Hobby Boss fender (tan) above Italeri fender (black).
(By the way - Tamiya fenders exactly match the Italeri fenders in length.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 03:37 AM UTC
Example shown here is of Tamiya front fenders mated to the Italeri cab and mounted on an unaltered Hobby Boss chassis in order to correct the HB cab errors.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 10:14 PM UTC
The GMC hard cab is such a huge WWII icon that I feel this problem to be a major flaw rather than just a slight error.
The overall length of hood/fenders plus cab is correct therefore the errors do not extend to the rest of the vehicle but the proportional errors within the cab are so great that I for one will not purchase or use the Hobby Boss kits without performing these extensive corrections.
The overall length of hood/fenders plus cab is correct therefore the errors do not extend to the rest of the vehicle but the proportional errors within the cab are so great that I for one will not purchase or use the Hobby Boss kits without performing these extensive corrections.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 10:25 PM UTC
Hello Steven - Any chance you would consider changing the title of this thread to something that makes a direct reference to the CCKW cab error? I had not even checked out this thread until Nick H. pointed it out to me.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 06, 2017 - 10:33 PM UTC
Another critical thread covering this same topic can be found at:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/225302&page=2#1910927
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/225302&page=2#1910927
165thspc
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 02:21 AM UTC
Please, by all means, forward this thread to the manufacturer. As I said more than a few months ago Hobby Boss "Screwed the Pooch" with their CCKW.
I won't be buying any of their CCKW kits except in the rare occasion where the kit will provide me with correct parts for other vehicle conversions.
I won't be buying any of their CCKW kits except in the rare occasion where the kit will provide me with correct parts for other vehicle conversions.
165thspc
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:14 PM UTC
And yet another thread that criticizes the HobbyBoss cab and offers alternatives:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/232436&page=1#2226920
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/232436&page=1#2226920
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