Jada 1:24 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6
There are times that every once in a while an oddball of
gigantic proportions appears. At the
beginning of the century one of them was the Ford F-650 Super Crewzer (I have
one I’ll profile sometime later). The
G63 is another one of those large oddball, and also a movie star for the new
“Jurassic World” film.
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The whole concept behind this was, in truth, excess military
parts that M-B had lying around, so they took a M-B G63 AMG and modified it
with the given hardware. The G-wagen
(don’t ask me to spell the name) was introduced in 1979 as a military vehicle
for Eastern Europe countries. No one
would ever predicted the longetivity of the G-wagen, nor the hype as a status
symbol for the rich, but here we are talking about an AMG version. Now a 6x6 AMG pickup!
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This 1:24 may not seem as large, but it is aggressive (Jada
also offers a normal 4x4 G-wagen). The
front has the G63 look with round headlights with integrated LED’s, LED running
lights below, signal lights on the front fenders, center grille with
three-point star, and a revised lower bumper with larger scoops. The only quibble I have is the headlight lens
tab is not centered in the headlight frame, looking a bit odd from some
angles. The rear has the badges and
taillights of the G63, with only a tubular bumper bar below and 6x6 badge to
tell the dirty secrets.
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Of course, if you haven’t seen the rest of the vehicle you’d
know already something’s different about this truck! The sides from the C-pillar forward is
G-wagen with black trim and detailed door panel stamps, front fender vents, and
body-colored (and flexible) mirrors.
Then the running boards are flanked by large flared fenders to house the
large wheels, roof-mounted LED light shade, dual-tipped side exhausts in which
I added silver detail to enhance them further, and a pickup bed to make up for
the length. The bed, while narrow, has
enough room to accept a typical 1:64 car, with lots of thanks to the chrome
rollbar not intruding the inner bed. As
usual, pull up the tailgate to swing down.
I was skeptical of the beige color choice over the silver, but now I’m
starting to like it, and thankfully only the Jurassic World door badges are the
only movie promotional piece, leaving the rest of the truck to be
stock-looking.
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The interior is typical G63 with seating for five, though
the actual truck seats four. The
interior looks drabby in black, the door panels lack much detailing and the
dashboard is flat (due to its military heritage). The front dash, however, has been revised to
the point it looks like a typical M-B interior, including the 4-spoke steering
wheel, detailed gauges, separate nav screen in the center and a plethora of
buttons below. The center console houses
the transmission shifter and a few other buttons. Barely visible, but notable is the three buttons
between the center air vents for the locking differentials, and not shown above
the rearview mirror is the controls for the central tire inflator/deflator.
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Open the hood to show off the same engine that was found in
the Welly M-B SL500 that I reviewed a while ago: a 5.5L DOHC Bi-Turbo V8 that
has the twin turbo’s mounted in the V of the engine, produces 536 hp. And 561
Ib-ft. of torque through a 7-speed automatic.
I was expecting a diesel for a vehicle this size, but the power is just
enough and produces incredible sound as well.
As usual the engine bay is just all-black, but I added details to the
Turbo housing and compressed hot air tubes at the front with a silver Sharpie
to enhance the look. The base does not
show much aside from the solid three axles and side exhausts, but the leaf
springs used are incorrect as the real truck uses Unimog live axles attached to
the frame and using U-joints to connect to the wheels. The shocks are also designed to adjust for
varying degree of dampness, while the locking differentials work as shown: The
central axle is automatically locked for the rear tandem axle to rotate, so one
button locks the rear tandem axle. The
second locks the center differential in the transfer case, while the third one
locks the front differential. One
advantage the 6x6 has over the 4x4 is the fact that it can run at higher speeds
with all three axles locked! To aide in
turning the rear wheels also rotate opposite at low speeds and the same as the
front at higher speeds. The large, tredded
tires are mounted on bead-lock wheels, blacked-out with red trim. Oh, and this casting can go anywhere. It’s unstoppable!!! (thanks to two switchable
fuel tanks).
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IF you don’t want a 1:24, Jada will also produce one in
1:32, and providing you fork over enough dough Spark will offer a 1:43 one
minus the Jurassic World logo’s in silver.
Either way, I recommend getting this one because this will likely be the
only (and possibly last) time that you’ll ever see a monstrosity like this!
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