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Monday, December 15, 2025

Heller / Airfix 1/72 GMC CCKW 353 & BOFORS 40 mm Gun (by Cem Esen)

Hello

Today I'm sharing Cem's work. He mounted a Bofors Gun on a GMC truck. I think it's very cool...

The GMC truck is an Airfix mold, but Heller boxed it. Airfix usually prefers 1/76 scale, but this kit is a true 1/72, and I think it has a very nice mold. British Bofors 40mm Mk1/2 AA-Gun from Zvezda mini-kit (kit number 6170)

Cem hasn't taken studio photos of this model yet. The first photos are from the bench. I also took the finished model photos. I think it was about a year ago, and I used the table as a base, using my mobile phone camera. I'm mad at Cem for not taking photos...

Enjoy,

Erhan...

Friday, April 11, 2025

Hasegawa 1/72 Starter truck Toyota GB (by Güney Baloğlu)

Hello,

Today we have a new contributor. Güney Baloğlu shares Hasegawa's Toyota Truck model.

Dear Güney, welcome to "miniafv"...

Erhan....

The Toyoda G1 was the first truck produced by the company (Toyota) and was based on the Ford-GM trucks. As technology advanced, the G1 was replaced by similar Toyota trucks (such as the G and K series). The KC type, which I modeled, was introduced in 1943 and was an improved version of the KB type. It had a 3.4 L Type B I6 engine. One of the special uses of the KC truck was to start aircraft engines at Japanese military airfields. A shaft extending from the rear of the transmission was connected to the aircraft propeller cone to start the aircraft engines. As material shortages worsened in the final days of the war, most of the body was made of wood, the headlights were reduced to one, and only the rear brakes were used.