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Post by gatormarcstaug on Apr 8, 2012 10:59:00 GMT -5
Going to be a really good looking truck .When it is done!
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 15, 2012 8:22:16 GMT -5
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Post by gatormarcstaug on Apr 15, 2012 16:20:35 GMT -5
Jarda, The paint job came out really good. I like the colors. The rest of the truck is coming along nicely. Waiting to see you finish this one.
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pa
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Post by pa on Apr 20, 2012 13:43:09 GMT -5
What a great job! Keep it up man!
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 20, 2012 15:55:24 GMT -5
Thank you guys. Not everything goes as smooth as I wish. When I tried to insert the headlight in its place I touched the hood with my glue stained finger and ruined the paint job. This is after partial repair. One of the things that I worried from the start was how the cab, sleeper, frame and cab steps would fit at the end. And I really found some differencies on each side. I had to add this channel to keep the distance between the steps and the cab. The lips on the fender and the cab steps are in line now but the gap under the cab is too big. Something went wrong. Either the position of the battery boxes or the cab mounting points. I don´t know if can do something about it now. I am not eager to tear it all apart. But I´ll have to I guess. Jarda
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Post by brockway359 on Apr 21, 2012 7:30:09 GMT -5
Since the cab and the rear portion of the fender are molded as one piece, I would say the problem is in the part. not something you did wrong. I have built a couple of these trucks, but never used the tank fairings so I can't say for sure. The first picture of the driver's side is to high, the second too low, maybe split the difference? Good job on the paint repair, it would be a shame to have to redo such a nice paint job. Steve
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 21, 2012 14:41:10 GMT -5
The more I looked at the gap the less I liked it. So I took some tools and removed the fairing. After I removed the fairing I changed the height of the supporting channel and glued it all back again. The last important missing part was the "board" that holds the coiled cables. This is the last pic before my camera ran out of batteries again. Jarda
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Post by gatormarcstaug on Apr 21, 2012 15:00:31 GMT -5
Looking real good Jarda! What are you going to put behind it?
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 21, 2012 16:43:44 GMT -5
I don´t have any plan on that yet. I don´t build trailers because of the room reasons. I have AMT flatbed, the Peerless logging trailer and Italeri Baywatch van. Still in boxes. None of them fits to this truck I think. Maybe the Italeri van. But it takes some redo to make it look like real. I really don´t know at the moment. Jarda
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 25, 2012 17:25:04 GMT -5
I finished the coil cables and installed them onto the truck. The spring is a lead wire 0,4 mm winded around another wire. I left that one inside so that the lead wire has a solid base. The black loop holding the coil cables is an adhesive tape... two layers stuck together. The glad hands are scratch built. The fuel tanks are in place. The alclad chrome surface is not a dream come true. It takes a better spraying tool or a better modeler. The stripes are photo etched, nickel surface. The rear fenders are taken from RoG Peterbilt 359. I left them in Revell chrome. The mudflaps and brackets are still in progress. That´s all for now. Thanks for looking. Jarda
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Post by truckabilly on Apr 28, 2012 14:53:55 GMT -5
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Post by truckabilly on May 3, 2012 15:14:29 GMT -5
The exhaust piping under the frame was another thing that didn´t run very smooth. The brackets appeared to be much too far from the tubing. So, I made these stripes of tin to tie the tubing to the brackets. This is the bottom side of the front of the truck. The photo etched lower mounts of the stacks. Next will be the complete build. Jarda
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Post by crackerboxkid on May 4, 2012 22:05:41 GMT -5
You've got to be KIDDING with this thing! Just AMAZING attention to detail. AWESOME workmanship!
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Post by groundhog on Oct 1, 2013 19:12:05 GMT -5
your work is always outstanding!!!!awesome ,fantastic aren't good enough to use for this rig!!!!!!!!1 groundhog.
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