Lunch Box

This 2 wheel drive "big wheels" vehicle is meant for recreation. It bounces all over the playground, racing lines are, hum, special and steering is approximative. A soon as you push throttle, the front wheels raise: wheeling on several meters (if it doesn't roll on its roof). Full speed cornering is pure suicide as it will roll. A worse handling is still to invent: but that is the concept of this model, and what makes it success over ages. Apart from its tremendous look.

 

The Lunch Box family

The Lunch Box and its twin brother Midnight Pumpkin are among the best commercial successes from Tamiya. These two vehicles are based on a chassis that is the "final" evolution of an older model.

 

58044 Mitsubishi Pajero (1984)

Tamiya 58004 - 58044 Mitsubishi Pajero

58063 Lunch Box (1987)

Tamiya 58063 Lunch Box

58070 Midnight Pumpkin (1987)

Tamiya 58070 Midnight Pumpkin

 

All these models were now re-released, once between 2005 and 2007, and again in 2012 introducing new color variants:

 

58063 Lunch Box (1987)

Tamiya 5863 Lunch Box

58347 Lunch Box (2005)

Tamiya 58347 Lunch Box

49459 Lunch Box Gold Edition (2007)

Tamiya 49459 Lunch Box Gold Edition

58546 Lunch Box Black Edition (2012)

Tamiya 58546 Lunch Box Black Edition

58575 Lunch Box Blue Style (2013)

Tamiya 58546 Lunch Box Blue Style

58070 Midnight Pumpkin (1987)

Tamiya 58070 Midnight Pumpkin

58365 Midnight Pumpkin (2006)

Tamiya 58365 Midnight Pumpkin

58547 Midnight Pumpkin Black Edition (2012)

Tamiya 58547 Midnight Pumpkin Black Edition

 

On the van decoration, you can read Vanessa, the name of the Lunch Box driver: except that no one has ever seen her. No one? laughing Well, someone did: find her  right here.

 

My model when it arrived

About my Lunch Box, it is a second hand model: I will just check it and full ball race it. Note that the rear drive train is identical to the Hornet's. The bodyshell had a hard time already (well, normal for a second hand, especially for this model that often end on its roof): I may try to restore it a little bit. I will run with that body as well as with the provided lexan one (well, provided when I bought it: it is not included in the kit). The decoration for the lexan one will be very different as soon as I have time to do it. A third bodyshell should arrive soon: it is brand new and will have a different color scheme.

Photos when it arrived:

 

Tamiya 58063 Lunch Box

Tamiya 58063 Lunch Box

 
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