2010 Mitsubishi FUSO 'Super-Great FU' Reefer

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We've been having a bit of a heat-wave here in eastern Canada and to escape the extreme heatand humidity, I've spent the last three weeks working  in my basement shop on an Aoshima Fuso 'Super Great' FU reefer in 1/32 scale.

The original kit is quite amazing in that the level of detail is beyond any previous Aoshima kits that I've built and include working door hinges and closing latches, etc.

The box art describes a vehicle with quite a bit of chrome body detail which I personally found a bit 'over the top', but internet searches also showed many of the real vehicles with painted surfaces and black trim.

I chose to go the painted route with even the simulated stainless tanks and accessories toned down from the absolute bright chrome look.

Other than the toned down, painted look, the build is mostly 'box-stock.

 

 

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[iamsuperdan]

Nice build! I really like these Aoshima truck kits.

 

[martinfan5]

Nice work

[hct728(Bob)]

Another flawless build! Wish I had as much success with painting as you have! These kits are hard to find, and can be pricey, do you order through eBay or foreign sellers?  Have you ever done one of their buses, they're pretty neat kits too?

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9 hours ago, hct728(Bob) said:

Another flawless build! Wish I had as much success with painting as you have! These kits are hard to find, and can be pricey, do you order through eBay or foreign sellers?  Have you ever done one of their buses, they're pretty neat kits too?

Hi Bob, it's nice to hear from you. I know you've scratchbuilt some cool buses over the years that I've seen at the Group 25 shows. I've only built two of Aoshima's buses....a city bus and a tourist AeroQueen. For some reason the Aoshima kits are the only kits that I enjoy building 'box-stock except for paint. Attached are a couple of pics of my completed Aoshima buses. I'm also including one of the Arii 1/32 School-bus style buses that I built as a resort shuttle bus years ago.    I hope to see you in September at the Toronto show.

Edited July 13, 2018 by traditional

[Hermann Kersten]

Great truck and a great model.

I like these Aoshima kits, beautiful models in a very good quality.

The busses are also very awesome, especially the last one.

Thank you for sharing.

 

Hermann.

[Ack! Ack-ack!]

Perfect work, I love the busses! How sad that they aren't available in 1/24 or 1/25.

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Plastheniker]

Flawless work, really impressing all the more when considering the small scale

I agree, I would also love to see these fantastic busses in the standard scale.