Anyone seen this?

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:52 am

http://www.militaryflatbed.com/

They are selling a 1941 U.S. flatbed truck in 1/32 for only $10 + S/H, and it comes with a free Jeep. It looks pretty decent, especially at that price - guess it remains as to what actually arrives at your house.

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:35 pm

I think this is made by New Ray, so I assume it will be their usual quality. Somehow I haven't been excited enough to go and buy one. Their earlier releases left me unimpressed...

Ruger · Post by **Ruger** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:57 pm

I'm going to go out on a limb here, actually a little further out than usual since the link isn't working for me, and say that the truck is another version of the 1941 Chevrolet flatbed that is seemingly growing quite popular in 1:32. If that is indeed the case, I can comment on the flatbed truck, as I have a couple others, just not in the military scheme.

I have two versions of the truck, one in a yellow and green, doing duty as a farm truck with stake sides and crates of fruits, vegetables, and eggs, and another just as a flatbed truck. The yellow one is quite bright and shiny, and will need some work before I can put it to use for my purposes, the other is a fairly dull green, and in all honestly looks to have been hand painted and weathered at some point. I got it off of Ebay, so I really can't comment much on it's history. The trucks are mostly just basic scale models, nicely detailed enough for background pieces, not too likely to be the pride of anyone's collection. I'd say that they seem to fall in the area of being nicer than what little NewRay stuff I've bought/seen, and not quite as nice as 21st or FOV vehicles, though with some time and attention you could likely narrow that gap quite a bit. I'd have to say that my least favorite part is the rather large front license plate that reads "1941". It will of course be removed in short order, but it just looks cheesy, and removing it will be an unneeded hassle.

All in all, I'd have to say that for you WWII guys, these could be quite handy, since the major manufacturers don't seem to want to produce any trucks, and we all know that trucks are some of the most important vehicles armies have.

You can see the Ebay auction green truck I won HERE. The seller seems to have other 1:32 and 1:35 items as well, so I keep my eyes open.

I'll try to use the link again later and verify that these are the same trucks, but, having seen them before, I'm reasonably certain they are.

MV

Ruger · Post by **Ruger** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:01 pm

Ok, I just found the "paperwork" that came with the yellow and green one. It says that they're made by "The National Motor Museum Mint". My green one had no paperwork, but I have them here side by side, they're the same truck.

The Jeep, of course, I can't say one way or the other.

MV

gary1930 · Post by **gary1930** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:07 pm

Ruger wrote: You can see the Ebay auction green truck I won HERE. The seller seems to have other 1:32 and 1:35 items as well, so I keep my eyes open.
MV

I didnt find any trucks there, but I saw a gorgeous pair of coral stretch shorts.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:22 am

I saw the commercial on tv about a year ago. I guses they didnt sell them all.

kduck · Post by **kduck** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:35 am

I took a look at that site. If you click on order until you get to the checkout they have some other interesting items that they offer along the way. BTW the "free" jeep will cost you an extra $5.95 shipping charge. The total for both vehicles with shipping would come to $21.90. If anyone's interested in other items they offer check out their military items here:

http://www.motormint.com/index.asp?Page ... 242&Page=1

Some of what they have looks pretty decent.

jlspec · Post by **jlspec** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:30 am

I used to get their catalog in the mail but never ordered anything. Prices almost seemed too good

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:45 am

Cute. I could do without the voiceover.

dfoos · Post by **dfoos** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:07 pm

I have this, and yes, it's pretty nice. It's not New Ray. It is very detailed and even has a real miniature chain to chain the wheels of the jeep down to the flat bed. it's a steal at $10.00. I want to buy a few more to split up the Jeep and truck and make cargo trucks out of them.

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:08 pm

dfoos wrote:I have this, and yes, it's pretty nice. It's not New Ray. It is very detailed and even has a real miniature chain to chain the wheels of the jeep down to the flat bed. it's a steal at $10.00. I want to buy a few more to split up the Jeep and truck and make cargo trucks out of them.

Thanks dfoos. I am glad to hear that they aren't NR. I may have to get a few now.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:22 pm

Those little chains sound like an interesting touch.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:26 pm

And the KoenigsTigers ran out of gas several kilometers back.
But don't worry.
That's the direction that the front is headed in anyway.