Italeri Mercedes Actros: Ducati, Subaru, and Mercedes Wrecker

[jdmaccordian]

I'm interested in building something different...a European Mercedes Actros truck. Has anyone built or heard anything about the Italeri Actros trucks? The team trailer ones are really nice because you get a small motoGP bike or rally car; It's like a 2 for 1! I've searched and there are less than a handful of threads but none about these 3 kits.

Below are my 3 final considerations. Thanks for any feedback!

[SteveK2003]

I have the Scania/Subaru kit, but haven't tackled it yet. It looks like a good kit, fairly easy to build just HUGE. The engine of the truck would fill up the interior of the car. The trailer is probably almost 2 feet long itself. The car is a full Tamiya kit BTW, a gravel 'bug eye' Impreza WRC.

I got mine on Tower Hobbies for $39.99, it is often on sale from about $90, and I've seen it for $29.99 once or twice.

[jdmaccordian]

WOW $39 OR $29! I've gotta keep my eyes posted on towerhobbies. When you say the car is a full kit do you mean that every part in the individually-boxed Impreza is in this trailer kit? Also, what do you mean by bug eye, is it the one w/ the 6 headlights?

[freakray]

6 headlights?
The bugeye is the round headlighted Impreza, aka as the 2001 > 2003 model.
The Subaru team truck kit contains the full Tamiya 2001 tarmac version kit but with Tour de Corse decals.

[SteveK2003]

Sorry, it's not gravel but a 2001/02-spec tarmac kit like this one:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDLR9&P=7
Freakray says it's the Tour de Corse version.

It is the full Tamiya kit, just not in the box. I believe the decals are different from the ones in the Tamiya kit, and the instructions also call for Testors Model Master paints. They call for non-metallic French Blue for the car and hauler: It's close to the right hue, so it might work for that (If you can determine whether or not the hauler is 'mica' or not: Guys on the Yahoo rally modelers group can't) but is totally incorrect for the car.

[freakray]

The hauler is not a metallic blue. Guy's on RCMG haven't seen the right photos
If you see the car and hauler side-by-side, they're not even remotely the same color.
I think I have a photo on the hard drive, let me look and if I find it, I'll post it here.

[jdmaccordian]

I thought you may have meant this one. But I re-read the description of the kit and it's the 2001 team (not '98).

So wow, it really is a 2 for 1 deal. I have wanted to build a Euro truck for almost a year now as well as a rally car...problem solved! How often does Tower Hobbies change their prices? I noticed that the Ducati truck/trailer kit was $39.99 last week and now it's back to $101.99.

Thanks guys!

[freakray]

Tower tends to overstock and lower prices to try to clear warehouse space, they do it periodically with many things.

[WRX-15]

Try ebay too. I got one for about $30. Haven;t started it yet but have drooled abit.

[blubaja]

Get the SUBY and SAAB of course!!! The tractor has engine detail. And the interior is well detailed. The trailer...well..you build it up as a box. The sides and roof are split into 2 ppieces each. So you have to make the seam between them smooth. I wanted to get that Mercedes tow truck some day. Just no room at all anymore. But ye. THE SUBY TRUCK TRAILER AND WRC!!!!!

[freakray]

Originally Posted by blubaja

Get the SUBY and SAAB of course!!!

Scania 113M

[blubaja]

I thought Scania is owned by SAAB?

[freakray]

Originally Posted by blubaja

I thought Scania is owned by SAAB?

General Motors owns Chevrolet, do you call them Chevy's or GM's?

[SteveK2003]

A Chevy is a Chevy, but everything else is a GM. Until they go bankrupt and the Germans or Japanese buy them anyway....

[blubaja]

I call Subies Fujis sometimes. And yes. I call Chevies GMs sometimes

That SAAB 92x thingy..thats..well..that I call a SAAB WRX. Since after all, it is made by subaru