Lunchbox vs Lunchbox Jr Proportions

[phiber_optik 100]

Has anyone ever been able to get a lunchbox to look like a Lunchbox Jr? I know this might sound silly but the proportions never seemed the same to me. The Jr always looked like it had bigger wheels or something?

Also, 3D printing the Jr little wheel cap pointy bits on a full size Lunchbox would be amazing.

[Saito2 8337]

Most of the Wild Mini Jr. series, with the possible exception of the Clod, look as though their tires are bigger in respect to the body size vs the RC versions. The Lunch Box Jr's proportions actually seem closer the the 1:1 Rolling Thunder monster van the Lunch Box was based on.

[phiber_optik 100]

Has anyone put bigger wheels and tires on a lunchbox then, I wouldn’t mind limiting the suspension. I’d love a full size lunchbox to look like a Jr. I think the front bumper on the full size one throws off the look too.

[Saito2 8337]

I had Monster Beetle tires on mine for awhile as a kid. They are taller, but unfortunately narrower. Also, as you brought up, they did limit suspension travel up front. Wheely King Mud Thrashers are bigger and the Axial BKTs are bigger yet.

Finding RC monster truck tires on 2.2 wheels to emulate 1:1 trucks in general is hard as most seem too narrow. Old Marui Big Bear tires might get the closest as the were both taller and wider. They were a hot set up on Blackfoots for a time.

 

[wolfdogstinkus 2043]

20 hours ago, phiber_optik said:

Has anyone ever been able to get a lunchbox to look like a Lunchbox Jr? I know this might sound silly but the proportions never seemed the same to me. The Jr always looked like it had bigger wheels or something?

Also, 3D printing the Jr little wheel cap pointy bits on a full size Lunchbox would be amazing.

I got my boy a SW01 lunchbox mini a few years ago when it came out.

He says, "wouldn't it be cool if it had the wheel spikes to run on 2 wheels like the junior", then immediately corrected himself and says but it wouldn't work because the SW01 has a differential. And I think he was right. He must have been about 9 years old at the time.

Picture is a 3D printed RC conversion kit for the wild mini series.

[Nikko85 4205]

@Mad Ax did a lovely build thread about his Lunch Box, and I'm sure on there he tried different wheels that gave those proportions. This was on a custom chassis however.

 

[Mad Ax 11169]

Thanks for the shout @Nikko85, I did indeed to a more-scale Lunchbox with some more-scale wheels on it.  I used the wheels and tyres from the MST MTX-1, which are available in white or yellow, although yellow are quite hard to find without buying the entire kit.

However, MTX-1 wheels won't fit on a standard lunchbox, they are hex-fit, so you'd either need to do some modification, or use a different chassis.  Size-wise, they are very slightly taller than Monster Beetle tyres, quite a lot wider, with a lovely flat rolling surface and a nice vintage MT bulge to the sidewall.  The wheel centres are a lot smaller than Monster Beetle, so they have that nice scale big sidewall.  IMO Monster Beetle wheels always looked too big and the tyres too narrow for a proper monster truck.

I don't have a Lunchbox Jr but I do have a Midnight Pumpkin Jr on the mantelpiece just a metre from where I'm sitting.  The tyres look closer to clod size.  I seem to recall somebody put Juggernaught wheels and tyres on a Lunchbox some long time ago, and it looked awesome.  Our dear friend MadInventor also build a super-scale lunchbox with TLT axles and bigger wheels - link here: https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=100271

If you wanted to build a realistic Lunchbox, the MTX-1 kit is a good starting point.  The axles are scale and a good width, the wheels and tyres are near-perfect, and the Toyota-body version comes with all the important bits in yellow!  I'm not sure if the MTX-1 axles are wider than the special narrow MST axles I used on my build, they are much the same but the MTX-1 has different hubs.  I might be able to measure them later.

My build thread is here:

 

[phiber_optik 100]

That’s a fab build, definitely looks a million times better than a stock lunchbox.