LA Fire Dept. Recovery Truck

[norseman]

As usual Italeri has missed another oppertunity. I just recieved the model from a friend, and no I did not pay the high price that it is selling for. Long story short, just shipping. As we already knew it was is a Western Star and not the pete as promised. Also as we feared it is the same onld Bro Wrecker boby they seem to be so fond of producing. I was hoping that since the box art depicts a different wrecker body we might see somthing a little different. But not the case. As best I can figure it is most likley a 4900 series truck. Not a bad kit, just not what we were lead to believe it was going to be.

[mullett471]

did we really expect anything else???

[Bri]

I hate to say it, but it seems as though Italeri is starting down the road of the other manufacturers of just re-popping kits with a different decal sheet and title.

[Deleted]

Look at the other thread about the western star tow truck. I put the list of what trucks that wrecker was used on. And this is the second time they mis-represented themselves.

[truckpup]

If people start writing to them and expressing thier displeasure about the kits, they might actually listen. But since no matter what they put out at the high prices people buy it anyway. Until theres a drastic boycott of the kits to really get the messege across, I doubt they will stop the repatition of the kits. Sometimes money or lack of speaks louder than words.

[towguy76]

Either they will change the kits. Or just stop making them altogether. It's a toss up. A hit to their wallet may make them improve the product, or just decide that segment isn't profitable anymore and abandon it. Like with AMT.