Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

After a long absence I want to show you my latest project. Got a King Hauler at Ebay, the owner had just built the frame and had ball bearings added. I took the plastic-frame parts away and substituted them with aluminium.
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As next step I cut the original Frontlights of, closed the holes and added some Pete-Style headlights from Wedico. The front-wheels are some polished bedlock-rims.

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Then I started with painting the King, here´s the result:

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Today I started with the lights on the King, this is how far it is right now:

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That´s it for today, will write as soon as the next steps follow!!

Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

Looks great! looking forward to seeing it done!!

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All right, for those who are interested, here´s another view from the bottom, so you can see how I wired the SMD-LED´s:
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As next step, I did the wiring for the headlights, the blinkers and the roof lights.
I always didn´t like the wires for the roof lights so visible, so I hide them this time under a custom-made sheet of plastic:
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The last thing I got was the new rear-end for the frame. Now I have to come up with the right idea for the rear lights!
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Today was a beatiful late-summer day, so I used the time after breakfest to sit on the veranda and finished the outside of my new tractor.Have a look:

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Now I wait for the ordered hardware, the ESC, sound- and lightmodule!

Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

Turned out pretty nice, and I like the design on the stripe. Nice touch.:D:cool:

Big John

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I like the lights you added on the steps!! great idea and gives me a few ideas

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Finally built the rearlights. Cut them out of the rear bumper. using just the chrome lighthouses. The I built a housing around it from some scratchplastik.
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Then I connected the front foglights. I can switch them on and of separately, so I can turn the on and of indepent from the rest of the lights.
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Ordered the rest of the electronics yesterday, now I hope that this will arrive here in the next days.

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Howdy Folks, today I got the graphics for the trailer. Couldn´t wait to attach them to the trailer, here´s the result:
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How do you like it? Next step will be the wiring for the lights and the installation of an infrared-system!

Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

looks good I really like the leds in the steps to cool

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Added some light to the trailer:
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Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

Very nice looking truck great old school look! do you have a link to the SME Leds..

Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

Looking good . Are ya gonna go with MFC or another route?

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great looking KING! i also like that old school look

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Hi guys,

thanks for the compliments!!

@Tamiya cowboy: I got the LED´s from a store here in germany, it´s called conrad electronic. Don´t know where you get these ones in the states, but I´am sure they are available.

@woodhog: I never was a friend of the MFC, so I decided to get all the electronics from Servonaut, a small manufacturer here in germany. Great stuff, high quality. The price for the complete set will equal the MFC, but I can buy the components step by step, and I can combine different components the way I like. They have different speed-controllers, light-systems or sound modules.

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I deal with this U.S. site all the time Paul. dependable lights, prewired, and worth every penny.


http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/smd-chip-leds.html

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@Paul: the link for the LED´s from supermario aint bad. They are almost the same size like the ones I use and also re-wired. But over here I pay 67 euro-cent per piece, thats like 80 u.s.-cent per piece!!

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Today at the local "Truckstop"!
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Re: Another King Hauler, again slightly modified
 

Very nice looking pair of trucks!! Lots of planning to make everything come together.:D:D

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sweet rigs!!

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Is that a king hauler cab? If so where did you get the grill?

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:jump: nice oldschool truck, the front wheels give a sweet vintage look

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Good looking trucks!

Brian

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Howdy carman29906,

yes, the cab is the king hauler cab. The only modifications are in both cases the lights. The grill is the original one from the kit.