I hope these images load. They are two pics from satcos site. The HILUX LIFTUP PICKUP! There was a HILUK 4 RUNNER on the site yesterday but it has been removed. The pickup is out of stock no doubt to the fact that it has swampers in the kit. I have come to the sad conclusion that I will never get anything that I have wanted for quite some time now. It puts a real down poor on my "get back into the hobby" parade. Has anybody seen this model? How long has it been since those swamper tires were available to buy? I just wanted to build some really nice vehicles for everybody to enjoy. Maybe put one in a show and win. That was a little dream of mine when I was younger. Anyway, here's the story from SATCO:
As situation stands the Japanese manufacturer is not interested in doing anything about a US license. SATCO would have to have the license. It would not be profitable for us to spend very much time on the issue and we would not pay any royaltys or fees for a licences for a model kit tire. There are some other issues involved, as well, that have lead us to conclude that, at this time, is not really not worth the effort and expense which would be required to resolve the product license questions.
Regards,
Rodger Sill
SATCO
How about that. Of course with no response from my last post I thought I was the only guy who wanted these tires. I build more than off road trucks. Maybe I should talk about those other builds here. Where can I go to talk off road? Thanks for your time fellas/ladies as the case may be. I'll be starting my own website shortly. I haven't completed any models yet but I'm gonna have a guest gallery. Will some of you send me some pics of your models to put in there?