1/16 lowboy trailer from Diecast Masters

[ShakyCraftsman]

Hey all

  I found this on YouTube. It's a 1/16 scale XL Specialized XL120 drop nose lowboy trailer from Diecast Masters. They are making it for there 1/16 scale RC Freightliner Cascadia truck. I've contacted them via email and they said it is definitely coming out. It will be available in China in October and probably available for pre-order for Christmas 2021. I plan on using this for my 1/16 Monogram Peterbilt 359 and my 1/16 Monogram Kenworth W900L 4 axle Heavy haul (this will be my next build after the Pete)

this view is pulled from YouTube of the prototype of the trailer, that's their 1/16 scale blue RC Freightliner Cascadia in the upper right.

this view shows the front of the trailer.

this view shows the rear of the trailer.

this view shows their 1/50 scale XL120 diecast trailer. This is what they used for up scaling to 1/16. I'm not sure if this is going to be metal or some sort of plastic, but I'm assuming it will be plastic, as thats what they make their RC models from. I have a Bruder 1/16 scale Cat 336 excavator to put on it for a load.

this is the Kenworth W900L model I will be modifying with a stretched frame, 12R/24.5 drive tires, 385R55/22.5 supersingles for the lift axle and 385R65/24.5 front floats. I'll be using the Cat 3408 V8 engine from the kit fully plumbed. Not sure how far I will be going on this, I'll see after I get the Peterbilt done. I will be doing a build thread on this.

Ron G 

[chuckyr]

Post the you tube link. How much?

If you are referring to the Tamiya Freightliner Cascadia R/C, it is actually 1/14th scale and no longer available.  You might find some, however they are no longer in Tamiya's catalog.

Edited July 14, 2021 by chuckyr

[ShakyCraftsman]

2 minutes ago, chuckyr said:

How much?

They haven't released any pricing yet, probably will find out around the pre order time. When they let me know I'll post it here.  If it's the same quality as their 1/50 scale trailer it should be realky sweet!

Ron G 

[ShakyCraftsman]

3 hours ago, chuckyr said:

Post the you tube link. How much?

If you are referring to the Tamiya Freightliner Cascadia R/C, it is actually 1/14th scale and no longer available.  You might find some, however they are no longer in Tamiya's catalog.

The YouTube video doesn't show much, its more for the Diecast Masters 1/16 scale RC Freightliner Cascadia, and no it's not the Tamiya one. They also make a 1/16 scale RC Western Star dump truck, you csn find them at various places on the internet.

Ron G 

Edited July 14, 2021 by ShakyCraftsman

[chuckyr]

Sorry what's the secret about posting the video link?

[ShakyCraftsman]

18 minutes ago, chuckyr said:

Sorry what's the secret about posting the video link?

Look for Neurumberg toy fair 2020- part 4 diecast masters by cranes etc. tv couldn't find a actual link comes in about the 12.54 time point.

Ron G 

[chuckyr]

1 hour ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

The YouTube video doesn't show much, its more for the Diecast Masters 1/16 scale RC Freightliner Cascadia, and no it's not the Tamiya one. They also make a 1/16 scale RC Western Star dump truck, you csn find them at various places on the internet.

Ron G 

I have seen the Western Star dump truck at my LHS. Looks kinda cheap for the money they are asking.

[ShakyCraftsman]

10 minutes ago, chuckyr said:

I have seen the Western Star dump truck at my LHS. Looks kinda cheap for the money they are asking.

Yeah tgere rc stuff is so so. I have there 1/24 scale RC Cat 336 excavator, it's all plastic gear drive, so so it was $99.95 #25001. The biggest thing is it's not 1/24 its more like 1/20:1. They actually came out with another one in 1/24 scale thats closer to 1/28:1 scale it's cheeper around $60.00 #25005. The trailer should be ok depending on what it costs.

Ron G 

[chuckyr]

On 7/14/2021 at 5:12 PM, ShakyCraftsman said:

Look for Neurumberg toy fair 2020- part 4 diecast masters by cranes etc. tv couldn't find a actual link comes in about the 12.54 time point.

Ron G 

 

[chuckyr]

 

[ShakyCraftsman]

8 hours ago, chuckyr said:

 

This is it.

Edited July 16, 2021 by ShakyCraftsman