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I should have posted this last week after I start it at AMPS on the 8th, but I didn’t take photos until yesterday. This is the Testors-Italeri rebox of the mid 1970’s vintage Max kit. It has parts so you can make either the WC-51 or WC-52, the difference being a front bumper mounted winch on the WC-52. Anyways, I decided to go with the WC-51 version. Aside from clean up of mold ejector pin marks and mold seam lines, this is a pretty simple straightforward kit so far. I built the M6 GMC/WC-55 version long ago, but have zero memory of any issues with assembly on that one. So after roughly three hours work at the AMPS meeting, I have perhaps 2/3 of the main assembly completed.













Once I get my current F-16 project wrapped up, I’ll knuckle down on this one…

Fantastic work, very clean assembly! I love this truck!

It's looking great Stik!

Oh nice! Last year, I saw the same kit at the Electic Chic Antique mall and had debated on picking it up. I passed on it.

Thanks guys! This should be a straight forward project.

Tom, this kit is worth a shot of you don’t have to pay too much. It’s been reissued by Zvezda and Italeri since Testors boxed it. There is also the Slybow/AFV Club kit of the subject, and a recent new tool unrelated kit by Zvezda. So plenty of options for you if you want one.

I’ll keep an eye out next time I head out there. I usually go 2 or 3 times a year - early spring, summer, and winter.

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 18, 2025 5:59 pm

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Nov 17, 2025 10:59 pm Thanks guys! This should be a straight forward project.

Tom, this kit is worth a shot of you don’t have to pay too much. It’s been reissued by Zvezda and Italeri since Testors boxed it. There is also the Slybow/AFV Club kit of the subject, and a recent new tool unrelated kit by Zvezda. So plenty of options for you if you want one.

I’ll keep an eye out next time I head out there. I usually go 2 or 3 times a year - early spring, summer, and winter.

I built the Peerless Max WC-62 a long time ago. It was done like one we had when I was a flea and I used to love driving it around hauling water to the drilling rigs.

(Great looking build that John).

A cool subject Carlos and you're off to a good start.

If funny that you started this at AMPS. Twenot, which is the Dutch equivalent of AMPS, is having a classic Italeri group build on their (sadly Ducth speaking) Forum - the idea being you have to build it as if it were the 80s' - and I think there is at least one of these in the GB. Their work is excellent.

https://www.twenot-forums.nl/forums/old ... 28-11.177/

Thanks for the link Stuart. Too bad they just show thumbnails on the site.

John, that’s a nice looking WC-62. I have one of those to build also. But of course it will be in US Army WWII colors.