S-PCS 568 Posted March 14, 2019 Maybe I'm making this up, maybe not, it's getting increasingly harder to tell. I very clearly remember a picture that must have been a Tamiya promo photo, an action shot, one that I most likely saw in some sort of Tamiya sales literature, decades back, in the late 80s probably. It showed a pickup truck going thru a puddle at speed. At least that's how I remember it. I also remember very clearly that the pic was black and white, while at the same time I'm 100% sure the truck was red. But what I really remember is the truck's front plate, a California blue plate, a vanity plate to be exact, that read STOLEN. Every other detail might be just my mind trying to fill in the gaps, but it WAS a (Tamiya) truck and it HAD that plate. I've been leafing thru the period's guide books and catalogs, but to no avail. I can't find the picture. Is my mind playing tricks on me, or does anybody else remember this picture? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IBIFTKH 1369 Posted March 14, 2019 I don't remember the photo you're talking about but the original Sand Rover had 'Stolen' number plates. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted March 14, 2019 Very good, thanks a lot. That explains where the plate came from and indirectly proves the existence of the picture I described. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TWINSET 1793 Posted March 14, 2019 Any help? It's got a few non-kit decals on it - here's the decal sheet; Looks like the numbers on the doors came from the Ford Ranger sheet 4 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted March 15, 2019 Oh yes. This is it. Wow. Haven't seen it in more than 30 years. Thank you very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted March 15, 2019 Slightly off-topic, but that F150 decal sheet points out another long-standing Tamiya irritation of mine: Direct Connection was the factory hot-rod parts division of Chrysler, not Ford. But then, if you have a Ford truck body on a VW chassis, I guess scale correctness has gone out the window anyway. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OCD 514 Posted March 15, 2019 39 minutes ago, markbt73 said: Slightly off-topic, but that F150 decal sheet points out another long-standing Tamiya irritation of mine: Direct Connection was the factory hot-rod parts division of Chrysler, not Ford. But then, if you have a Ford truck body on a VW chassis, I guess scale correctness has gone out the window anyway. I've thought about this too, and you've just echoed the best explanation I could come up with FWIW, Walker Evans (a Baja racing pioneer) drove a Ford early on, and then switched to Mopar soon after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted March 15, 2019 27 minutes ago, OCD said: I've thought about this too, and you've just echoed the best explanation I could come up with FWIW, Walker Evans (a Baja racing pioneer) drove a Ford early on, and then switched to Mopar soon after. Oh great, as if I didn't have enough project ideas already, now I want to build a model of this truck... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S-PCS 568 Posted March 15, 2019 Well, you know where you can get the Direct Connection decals from, so that's a start 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites