Sunday, November 12, 2023

Anvil Pickup Truck

 Anvil Industries have recently released a number of 3D printed variants of a US Pickup Truck.

This is the Standard Pickup with closed cab.

The "kit" is in five parts, the body and four wheels. Cleverly, the front axles have a ball and socket connection, so you can set the wheels as if the vehicle was turning.

It is of reasonable proportions compared to my standard scaling figure (William Killian).
The wing mirrors do look a bit odd - I would have expected them to be at the front edge of the door if not on the "wing".
It is notably longer than the Crooked Dice Land Rover, but is lower.
It is also wider, but that might be expected.
It is about the same width as a 3D printed Range Rover also for 28mm scale.
The range Rover does tower over the pickup.
As this is the cheapest version of the Pickup, there is no interior detail, however the cab is empty, the side windows are just printed solid so if you wanted a wreck you could just remove the windows, you will need to put in a floor. The versions with open windows fits the two seats in from below.

The resin seems to paint up well, there was some layering on the front window and across the side window (it looks like it is printed at an angle, nose down). This was smoothed with sand paper.