When I go shopping at places like Walmart, or Walgreen’s, basically any store that has a toy section, I usually take a look at the die cast cars that they have. I look for everyday type vehicles, after all, how many 57 Chevys and 69 Cameros does one town need anyway? Last weekend, at Walmart, I found a 1972 Chevrolet pick up, in 1:24th scale. That is the scale I model in, and I have seen lot of those trucks around. So I bought it, and thought I would let Yunz know about it. Some folks might be interested, and other folks, well, they have probably already moved on from this thread.
This is the truck as it comes in the box
Included with the truck is an instruction sheet, a screwdriver, 2 spare axles and 4 replacement tyres.
After you throw out the instruction sheet, I would also recommend throwing out the toy screwdriver. Its totally worthless.
The truck looks nice, but old man Provost would not spend the extra money for white walls.
But he does like to keep his truck clean.
So I took the truck apart to change out the tyres, and almost immediately rounded off the toy screwdriver included in the box.
Since the bed and cab are die cast as separate parts, I can see where there could be some real kit-bash potential in this truck. When I went to change the tyres, I discovered that the other tyres are actually a different size. So I simply removed the white walls from the wheels, and turned them around.
Now that looks more like the kind of truck old man Provost would drive into town on Poker night.
For less then $20, I have another plain, ordinary, everyday vehicle to put on the streets of my towns, when I finally build my towns.
