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Originally Posted by bigfrit
WOWOWOW !!! Superamazing!
Best of luck on the progress, I ll be watching!
And the construction of the chassis is just extremely impressive, I want to see more !
Oli
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Thank you. and may your wish be granted...
the next thing to build is a hydraulic pump, for all the rams, winches and the crane that i'm going to build.
the picture below is the one i want, or one close to it. a Kawasaki twin-cylinder ( i think) unit. this will be run off the truck's engine, via a unit called a power take-off (because it takes the engine's power to drive something else) which will also be scratchbuilt.
while we're on the subject of engines...
i thought that a truck this big needs something special powering it. yes, the 16-litre V8 normally found nestling under the cab is quite capable. but i wanted more. so i took a pair of V8 engines from two of the kits, cut them up and stuck them together, i did the same for the cylinder heads, sump and intake manifold. they all need some putty work but they'll be fine after that. they're a little rough now. the aforementioned fuel tank is also in the picture.
i made a hydraulic fluid cooler by removing the intercoolers from a pair of Mercedes-Benz SK truck radiators, and glueing them together. once they had glued solidly i made a pair of right-angle triangular supports, they're one piece items, not made from three strips.
to detail the truck i bought various different parts, my local R/C shop sells plastruct styrene and i bought some R/C parts to go on the truck.
i bought hinges, for the storage compartments, ball/socket joints which were going to be used for the rams, but they looked insubstantial for this. some hex-fitting bolts and some steel cable. the cable will be used for the winches.
the other bags contain crimp tubes for the cable and some tiny resin-cast nuts/bolts which are in the second picture below, these were bought elsewhere.
these are the tiny resin-cast nuts and bolts, they will be used on the crane/boom/chassis/etc. i'm not sure who makes them, i'll find out when i get some more. they're very well detailed and add unrivaled realisn that photo-etched items can't match.
to show the detail that can be obtained by the use of the resin-cast bolts here's a picture or the bolts in place on the chassis, they are used to replicate the bolts that would be used to hold the two chassis rails together.
i'm also going to add "bolt plates" which will have 8 bolts (4 for each rail) to the chassis, for strength.
below is an example of the turned brass ball of the ball/socket joints, they're very well made and will be put to use somewhere on the model. hopefully.
whil at my local model shop/hobby store a set of tools and detailing items for a 1:35 tamiya tanks caught my eye, they're the perfect size for 1:24 scale too, and will be put inside the open storage compartments once the body is finished. all lockers/doors will be displayed open once the model is finished.
