When I first saw this picture (thanks to Peter Ong's recent heads-up) the penny didn't drop, but when you really think about it, this means that we'll soon have a new M 800 series truck cab on the market (better than the Real Model one I hope...)


Frenchy

Small correction - this is M51, so it is M54 series truck, not M809 series one. So we will have new M54 cab, what is even better!

Pawel

Thanks for your correcting statement Pawel ! In fact I had written "M 54" in my post, than I edited it and wrote "M 800" instead. I should have guessed there was something wrong.... Put the blame on my lack of knowledge in the field of modern US trucks

Frenchy

I dunno, from the picture angle it appears that the Cab is too short (blunted) and the spacing between the dual bogies in the rear is too wide. Perhaps a combination of photo angle and perhaps a test-shot buildup. I easily see the M54 features - but it looks a lot like a Deuce in dimensions...

Gunnie

Hi to all,

Gunnie your're right for the rear axles, its too large;
For the cab with this pic its very difficult to have any opinions.

Otherwise, in the same show, Hobby Fan present a resin kit for the M58 MICLIC trailer, based on a M200 us trailer.
With the pics it looks good. And with this base we can easy build a TQG or other specific trailers

ps perharps can we receive a correct M54 and so Gun Truck building !!!

I'm hopeful that the HF kit comes out alright - it would be nice to have an option for modeling M54's. I saw the Trailer too as well as the interior for the AAVP-7A1 Amtrac - both look nice!

Gunnie

Here's another (better ?) picture of Hobby Fan's M51 kit, from PMMS website :


Frenchy