Wedico???

[Tp_hofmann]

Dear all

Adding some personal experiences to the discussion, having built tamiya, wedico and scaleart kits all of them have their pros and cons.

What i appreciate on wedico is their concept to start small and extend their trucks. Having built several wedico trucks, i appreciate their cabins and still when i was young i always fancied the cat 966, i still have one and the looks are still great.

The plus on wedico is the amount of aftermarket suppliers: several german manufacturers are well known - examples are leimbach, rust, osswald (now premacon).

Again tamiya,wedico and scaleart all have their pros and cons and everybody can decided which direction to follow.

Cheers,
Tom

[cosworth34677]

Originally Posted by Tp_hofmann

Dear all

Adding some personal experiences to the discussion, having built tamiya, wedico and scaleart kits all of them have their pros and cons.

What i appreciate on wedico is their concept to start small and extend their trucks. Having built several wedico trucks, i appreciate their cabins and still when i was young i always fancied the cat 966, i still have one and the looks are still great.

The plus on wedico is the amount of aftermarket suppliers: several german manufacturers are well known - examples are leimbach, rust, osswald (now premacon).

Again tamiya,wedico and scaleart all have their pros and cons and everybody can decided which direction to follow.

Cheers,
Tom

so my question is what is the better truck? i know in the race world people tend to not like tamiya's, me i have built tons of tamiya's and for the most part there stuff is right on there is a few car's i owned by them that well... sucked (f-201 tb-02 ff-02) but they all had there charm. my only thing with tamiya trucks are the odd scaling for 1/14-1/15 and the floppy front end.

[Tp_hofmann]

Originally Posted by cosworth34677

so my question is what is the better truck? i know in the race world people tend to not like tamiya's, me i have built tons of tamiya's and for the most part there stuff is right on there is a few car's i owned by them that well... sucked (f-201 tb-02 ff-02) but they all had there charm. my only thing with tamiya trucks are the odd scaling for 1/14-1/15 and the floppy front end.

Well-i still think everybody has to decide or him/herself on the personal preference. In my club, we have mixed wedico, tamiya & scaleart and despite the sliggt scale difference we have lots of fun playing all together.

In addition: i have seen trucks based on "bruder cabs" or tamiya, which have been amazing!

My main priority is the building of a truck: saving the $/€, acuqiring the parts and building models for use (i focus on construction type of trucks) - my majority of trucks rely on wedico cabs and chassis, axles are from rust/scaleart, suspension from osswald/premacon, gearboxes are from wedico/veroma/scaleart being complemented by wedico/servonaut/scaleart/leimbach additions - so i like bilding best of breed :-)

I have seen the last tamiya actros and price/performance is simply amazing (compare the whole kit just with a scaleart gearbox...)

Some of us enjoy building kit models, others prefer custom builts - its a hobby, so we should accept different preferences and styles.

Last comment regardi g wedico: they clearly created this hobby, but today it is not sufficient to live from the brand and innovate, otherwise you are easily surpussed by the competitiors

Br,
Tom

[Radio Control Trucker]

I personally prefer the Tamiya trucks & Trailers. The styrene bodies are easy to customize and the kit comes almost RTR.
With a simple ESC & a transmitter set, you can have one up and going in no time.

As Tom stated:

Originally Posted by Tp_hofmann

(They) all have their pros and cons..."

The after-market items used for Wedico, Robbe, and the few others that have been manufactured over the years can be modified for use on a Tamiya build with little or no trouble.

Just my opinion

- RCT