Hello,

I'm interested in the following kit:
Fonderie Miniature 8004 1:35 US GMC CCKW 353 'Fuel Tank'

Unfortunatly, I cant' find any information; no reviews, nothing on manufactors site...

Does anybody here knows if this kit is any good?
Are there resin or PE parts in it?
I know Fonderie mostly use other kits as "base" and include own parts.

Thanks sofar!

Paul

It is the old Heller CCKW truck as the base kit with a new sprue containing the tank parts fro the back. I have heard it is O.K., but the Heller CCKW kit is a little dated.

Just requires a little a little tender care Paul.
If I can build it, you can too....


I really should reshoot some photos!!!

Thanks for the replies guys; I'm much more reassured now!
Think this one is gonna be a new puchase, as soon as SWMBO gives me some monthmoney

Dave, she is a real beauty! (uh...although my wife is too; I mean your truck!).

Paul

Paul

As the picture that Dave send shows, the fuel tank has COVEX ends on both sides.
This is not correct and shows that the person that modelled the the Fonderie model , just as the CMK model never saw an original truck,
The fueltanks have one CONVEX side and one CONCAVE side (een kant bol - andere kant hol)
If you go to
http://www.wheelsofvictory.com/index11.html then to GASOLINE Truck,
you will see what I mean.

I have not tried it myselve , but in my view it can be solved by the following.
If you place the tanks on some kind of rail behind each other, with some clinging plastic foil over the rear side of the front tank, jou could build-up
the rear tank with some 2 component car filler and push it to the tank in front.
This will shape it convex and after drying can be filed to the correct outer shape.
Switch the tanks and repeat.

Hope it helps
Regards
Ron Perry
[email protected]
Wheels of Victory.com

Ron, thanks, if I ever build another, I'll remember the convex-concave ends.
This may explain what I felt was the wrong dimensions on the body, of not only the Fonderie Miniature/Heller kit, and the CMK kit, which I deep sixed.

Ron thanks!
That's a good thing to know. If I buy the truck I'll keep that in mind.
Your method of producing right ends sounds OK to me.
I was also thinking of perhaps vacu-form CONCAVE somehow.

The pictures on the site are very usefull. It's a great site and I placed it in my favourites right away!

Bedankt man!

Paul