USA-1 Monster Truck 1:32 Scale AMT Model Kit #632 Review

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USA-1 Monster Truck 1:25 Scale AMT Model Kit #632 Review

Review and Photos by Alan Mann

USA-1 is a monster truck that competed during the 1980s and 1990s. It was named after a Chevrolet ad campaign. In 1983 it competed against Bigfoot in the first televised monster truck race on the television show “That’s Incredible!”. Everett Jasmer built and raced the truck in the late 1970s. The truck was initially painted blue before it was repainted in white. USA-1 was a consistent winner in the mid-to-late 1980s with Steve Wilke and Rod Litzau sharing the driving, and is best known for its many wins and legendary crashes. It won the 1988 TNT Monster Truck Racing Series championship. It was one of the last nationally competitive monster trucks to use a leaf spring suspension. Everett contacted Mark Hall, co-owner of Raminator, to campaign a USA-1 body in 1992 on their Executioner chassis. In the next year, Everett had Kirk Dabney campaign the body on his Nitemare 4 chassis. USA-1 stopped racing in the early 1990s, after the folding of the TNT Monster Truck Racing Series. As of March 2008, Everett owns the original vehicles and the trademark to the name. He has been trying to find a racing series that meets his vision of professional monster truck racing. In November 2011, Everett Jasmer was inducted into the Monster Truck Hall of Fame.

 

For the Modeler: This review covers the Round2 release of the USA-1 Chevy Monster Truck under the AMT brand. This is Kit #AMT632 which is 1/25 scale and a Skill Level 2 for the moderate builder as it requires paint and glue for assembly. This kit is a Re-release (Re-Pop) of the USA-1 Monster truck but with all new box art and graphics. There are roughly 100 parts molded in White, Chrome, Clear and Clear Red and included Vinyl tires. This is a full frame traditional style truck, not the roll cage super-truck that is now used in the Monster Truck competitions. The kit has a fully detailed motor that is quite easy to wire and add additional details to. There is a full chassis with the monster style suspension and drivetrain. The interior is a typical tub and looks more like a stock interior than race truck. The body is split with the cab and bed being separate units. The tires are a hollow soft rubber compound and are typical of the monster truck tires seen in the majority of kits. The decals have a crisp color register and look good with rich color depth. Overall dimensions are: Length: 9”, Width: 5”, Height: 5-3/4”.

  

Covered in this Review:  If you want to perfect your build; basic construction; preparing parts for better finishing; test fitting; engine construction and detailing; chassis construction and detailing; mounting the body to the chassis; applying sticker graphics; tire/wheel assembly; installing the windows with “clear” glue; directional tire considerations; wheel differentiation; adding a homemade distributor to “wire” the engine; making the taillights look real; detailing the engine bay; augmenting your dash with gauge photos from the internet; building and installing the frame; complete suspension construction and detailing;  adding the light bar and roll pan; adding some detail to the chrome with a “black out” treatment; alternate assembly sequence for fit; making “crystal clear” window glass; using a decal setting solution for that “painted on” look;  chassis/frame alignment; are all fully examined in this 19 page, full-color Step-by-Step review in PDF format.

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