I finally got my truck. (photo's)

[540-MAN]

Hi just letting you all know that i finally got my MAN tonight from the hobby shop and gonna start putting it together tomorrow as it's at my dad's workshop seeing i dont have any room at home.

There will be photo's posted through out the build.

Hopefully this is what it will look like when it's finished.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6630/56871.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/i/56871.jpg/)

[Stuff]

awesome!

yeah if its your first time take some pics as you go along. that way you might remember something or how some part was put together if you ever have to fix or upgrade something.

[Darkrider]

And of course your fellow forum members enjoy seeing lots of pics! Have fun building the kit man.

[540-MAN]

I have finally got pictures for you of my truck. I have got some of what it looks like now but none of the building stages. It's still not finished it has taken 4 weeks to get it to where it is today.

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/7016/pict0060l.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/pict0060l.jpg/)

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5402/pict0061i.jpg (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/pict0061i.jpg/)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/153/pict0062gj.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/pict0062gj.jpg/)

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/6699/pict0064zs.jpg (http://img844.imageshack.us/i/pict0064zs.jpg/)

I would like to thank my brother for repainting my truck after i stuffed it up the first time and my missus for being understanding and letting me go out to the shed to work on it.

[540-MAN]

I'm also chasing a set of guards like the ones on my back trailer to put on my front trailer.

[Azorean]

Looking really nice...

[540-MAN]

Thanks mate,

These photo's were taken back in January but there has been more done to it now but haven't got any latest photo's which i will take on the weekend i'm still in the process of finishing it but it looks better now compared to then.

[Azorean]

NIce, will wait to see the new photos...

[Aussie]

Sweet Ride, Looks great :D:D

Should look great with the two reefers behind it!!!

[540-MAN]

I finally made my first exhaust stack for my MAN. Just need to make the second one hopefully it will turn out the same as the first and then a code of paint and it should look good i hope.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8854/manin.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/manin.jpg/)

Sorry about the picture quality it was take on a Iphone.

Photo's will be added soon of the reefer trailer that i just finished.

[Aussie]

Great work on the stack, Shaun ;)

Should really look the part when both are on, now ya got somewhere to put your receiver wire...(that's where I put mine)....Lol!!!

Cheers Mate,
Paul

[540-MAN]

Nah i havent i spoke to a few people in the club about it and they said it doesn't need to be hooked up it's fine the way it is. If anything they said put one vertical and one horizontal.

Now working on the second stack and it's looking good so far just waiting for the soldering iron to heat up. It always happens with me one looks better then the other but it's looking the same.

[540-MAN]

Here are photo's of my start build on my new reefer trailer.


Day 1 of putting the chassis together.
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3997/reeferg.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/reeferg.jpg/)

Day 2 of putting the axles in after moving them back and putting tool box on.
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/8496/reefer1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/reefer1.jpg/)

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/286/reefer2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/reefer2.jpg/)

The quality of the photo's aren't all that good because they were taken with a old camera there will be more soon.

[540-MAN]

Here are up to date photo's i took on Saturday of my truck and trailers.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2462/man1kp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/man1kp.jpg/)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/8466/man2j.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/225/man2j.jpg/)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7981/man3r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/man3r.jpg/)

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5346/man4z.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/man4z.jpg/)

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7170/man5y.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/man5y.jpg/)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5396/man6r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/man6r.jpg/)

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6573/atrailer.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/atrailer.jpg/)

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5992/atrailer1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/atrailer1.jpg/)

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1143/bdouble.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/bdouble.jpg/)

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7105/reefer3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/reefer3.jpg/)

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4986/reefer4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/reefer4.jpg/)

[doodlebug]

Nice "B" Train! Great Job!
Cheer's, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

[Aussie]

Truck looks great outside in the sun, Shaun, loving that colour :D

Reefer is awesome, looks good inline with the "A" Trailer.

Nice work, Mate, good looking unit all up, Congrats!!

Paul

[Cossett]

Hi Shaun the pipes and those aerials improve the look of the MAN and the set back axles on the reef look good :D:D just needs some signage on the reefer maybe some Vinyl lettering so it easy to change if needed....:D:D

Cheers Tracy

[Smokin Joe]

Trailer is is the finest I have seen in good while.

Good job. Joe

[540-MAN]

Thanks for the great comments guys. Next thing i'm looking at is putting a full set of gates on the A-trailer and checker plate on the chassis along with rope rails on the sides. Both trailers including my 3rd trailer and my truck will get side lights as well, off a different power supply and switch to brighten it up because it looks abit plain with front and rear lights.

Tracy i have already thought of putting signwriting on the reefer as i spoke to Tim on Sunday about it, the idea i have is putting the name and logo of the company i currently work for at the moment there are photo's below of different ways i was thinking of. The first photo is just the logo and phone number only and the second one is the whole lot the way our vans are in the company what are people's thoughts of the way it should be done??? I'm currently having meetings with the mangers of the company as they are over here in Perth for 2 days and i hopefully should have my answer by tomorrow night of whether it can happen fingers crossed.

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/5889/lyrecologo.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/lyrecologo.jpg/)


http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/1601/lyrecovanlondon2584.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/200/lyrecovanlondon2584.jpg/)

I'm trying not to over do it because the company is not putting much in to it.

[540-MAN]

Trailer is is the finest I have seen in good while.

Good job. Joe

Which trailer Joe?? if it is the reefer well it looks fine now but it's not scratched or anything yet and hoping it's not going to be hahaha. The reefer has only appeared in 1 show at the moment because my other pan trailer was in pieces ready for paint and upgrades.

[Cossett]

Hi Shaun, I'd just go with the option 1 company name/number down the side, but that depends if the yellow strip would be wrapped around the truck as well or just the company your towing the trailer for.............

Cheers Tracy

[540-MAN]

Nah it's only for the trailer, i was thinking to same thing as you said Tracy go with the first one with logo, phone number and the website address. Just something basic just to break up the white. On the doors of the truck i was looking at putting my dads company on it the same way as it is on the side of our latest race car as the photo below. You can't see it very well but it has a holographic star in the middle the one where it changes colour the same way as NSW in the middle of the number.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7339/racecar11.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/racecar11.jpg/)

I'm just trying to talk my dad into letting me do it but it's not working to well because he doesn't want any advertising on anything but yet we have it on our race car i can't work it out. Some people are telling just put it on there what can he say about it even my brother keeps telling me and he was the one that repainted my truck.

[Cossett]

I'd go and do it :D dad will come around to the idea once it is done and in time,also he will have something to show at the speed way when the car isn't racing:D:D:D
Just say it free sponsorship..........
Cheers Tracy

[540-MAN]

At the end of the day Tracy it's only small it's only gonna go on the door of the truck it's not like it's over the whole side of the truck or trailer in big letters.

[540-MAN]

Hey guys,

I have latest photo's of my unit and been wanting to post them up here for ages but been unable to. The reefer trailer is all signwritten, the box trailer is painted and axles moved back and the A-trailer now has guards and a full set of gates all cut and painted it's looking good now. I have also brought a dolly to hook all my trailers up so instead of running a B-double i have a road train. I wont be posting photo's tonight as it's really late here in Perth WA at the moment they will be up at some stage tomorrow.

[540-MAN]

Here is just a few that were taken a few months ago there will be latest ones soon.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3939/photo2ohn.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/88/photo2ohn.jpg/)

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1692/photo1gs.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/36/photo1gs.jpg/)

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3198/photo3cq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/photo3cq.jpg/)

[540-MAN]

Here are some latest photo's i have taken today of my truck and trailers some haven't turned out to well.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2444/pict00772.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/pict00772.jpg/)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8775/pict00782r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/pict00782r.jpg/)

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7066/pict00812.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/259/pict00812.jpg/)

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7324/pict00822.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/pict00822.jpg/)

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/984/pict00832.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/401/pict00832.jpg/)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3710/pict00842.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/pict00842.jpg/)

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3474/pict00852.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/pict00852.jpg/)

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1994/pict00862.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/pict00862.jpg/)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8129/pict00872.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/pict00872.jpg/)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/500/pict00882.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/pict00882.jpg/)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4613/pict00893.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/151/pict00893.jpg/)

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8048/pict00902.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/pict00902.jpg/)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3039/pict00912.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/38/pict00912.jpg/)

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9043/pict00922.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/pict00922.jpg/)

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4030/pict00932.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/pict00932.jpg/)

[scalelover]

How's the clearance on the A and the box trailer? In the pics maybe because of the angle it was taken, it looks like their almost touching and that it would hardly be able to turn? Beautiful reefer too I've always liked them and the white is really clean looking.

--Dan

[540-MAN]

Hey Tim already have my load made up for the A section as you can see in the pics I have put up last night I still have a heap more pallets to make and by the time I have finished I should have the A and B section full.

Hey Dan your right there is very little space between the A and B trailers but still enough for the turning circle there maybe a couple of mill on turning in between. I don't know on the true measurement in between but no problems with it.

[Bsorenson79]

Really nice builds! The reefer trailer really looks great! Did the dual wheels fit right on the reefer trailer in place of the single wheels? Or did you have to modify the axles?

[540-MAN]

Hey mate to get the duel wheels on the reefer I had to get the axles to suit luckly i had some spares left over it's totally impossible to get duels on super single axles. We are trying to work out how we can modify the super single axles.

[Diesel Demond]

great looking combo there! nice work

[Kaf343]

Cool looking train, nice work.