1:25 SCALE INTERNATIONAL LONESTAR TRUCK KIT FROM MOEBIUS MODELS
Mat Irvine inspects: When the first 1:25 scale truck kit came out, the sheer size of it was a great surprise to anyone used to much smaller car kits. This 'first of the many' was produced by AMT in the mid-1960s, and featured a US Peterbilt conventional ('conventional' denoting a car-style hood or bonnet). Since then, we’ve seen a whole range of trucks in 1:25 and 1:24 scales from model companies such as Italeri and Ertl, plus both US and German Revell companies. Trucks kits aplenty Most of the main world truck manufactures have been represented in kit form, such as the US brands Ford, GMC, Kenworth, Peterbilt and White; we’ve also had European makes such as MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Scania and Volvo. Kits have included conventional and cab-overs, special vehicles such as wrecker trucks and tankers, plus a whole load of trailers to be hitched along behind. But one truck manufacturer that’s been near-invisible on the model stage has been International. Ertl did make a few ki...