RHD? That's wheelie great!

RHD? That's wheelie great! Has Woody finally lost it you may be asking. Mrs. Woody thinks I did years ago but that is another matter! 

In this case I am talking about the Italeri DAF 95 Canvas Truck that I started building a few days ago. The RHD refers to Right Hand Drive. Just about every 1/24 and 1/25 plastic truck kit produced is based on continental or USA brands with left hand drive layouts. It is not unheard of UK trucks being left hand drive, especially those that spent most of their time hauling through Europe into the Middle East and Asia especially back in the 1970s and 80s. However most UK trucks are right hand drive so if you want to build a genuine UK spec truck you need to do some work to convert it. Swapping the steering box over is fairly simple but once you start the more visual stuff such as the dashboard in the cab things get a bit more complex. Luckily there are some companies who specialise in aftermarket truck kit parts. Kit Form Services is one of those. They have, in their large range of items, a RND dashboard for the DAF95 so I ordered one of those yesterday. They also do aftermarket wheels which have a much better representation of the wheel nuts then Italeri wheels. So a set of those were also ordered. Lastly they also do the DAF drive hubs which are finned rather then the generic hubs that Italeri have. I already had those in the WMD stock room but I was pleased to see they still do them. The order arrived today which is great service!

Laid out next to the chassis are the various parts.

You can see the level of improved detail n the KFS wheels in this comparison with the Italeri wheels. 

They look wheelie great!