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You know the feeling when you get a little carried away when ordering parts, got this in the post today, 2,7 kilo around 4,5 pounds of aluminium, and I still haven´t ordered a truck for the parts, guess its gonna be a grand hauler.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps4bf9f42b.jpg

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Been there done that...LOL

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got a bit more in the mail box today ;)

cut the bunk, a did my first attempt at reshaping the fenders.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psvdqwbvzd.jpg


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Is it just me or is that literally just a updated king hauler???

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glorified King Hauler if you ask me Chi-Noos ;)

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I kinda figured that and agree just wasn't sure if they changed the body any.

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got the front fenders glued in, and the rear of the cab closed up :p

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pszdqiflxj.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psz3jswrom.jpg

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got the inside of the fenders glued in, and a set of FULDA tires on my aluminium wheels.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps7ipblodl.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psk8fyufat.jpg

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got the gap around the fenders filled in, still a long way to go :)



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Should look great! Good plastic work, Styrene is really great to work with.

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Rene - nice fill work.

Travis taught me to take a seperately bottle of our styrene glue and put little pieces of styrene in it from our cutting and carvings. The pieces disolve and add filler to the glue. Helps fill moderate gaps.

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thanks Trucker_Jo, it's more or less my first real attempt working with styrene ;)

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Thank you Izzy, as mentioned above, it pretty much my first real attempt with styrene, I got an old bottle of glue where the tube is broken, I'll try to put some of the shavings in it ;)

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Got a little more work done last night, cut a new frame stretched 6 centimeters or 2.1/4 inch, fitted aluminium rear axles, and a true scale dropped front axle.

first pic it got the tamiya front axle, and second one is the true scale dropped front axle


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps2vf0anrx.jpg


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http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pst3jt0oho.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps2tnwpct3.jpg


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bunk glued, just need filler and sanding now.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pswsgku57s.jpg

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truck is shaping up nicely i want to do that frotn axle on my next build did you lower the rear of the truck too or leave it stock if lowered how did you do it thanks and any tips on making the sleeper the same height as the working cab keep up the great work

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Thank you thebat.
I just cut the sleeper in four pieces, glued the sides together, and then I trimmed the top until i thought it looked the way it should ;)
rear end is left stock, didn't want a truck that could run only with one trailer, tried that already :confused:

there are some pics in the link of my first King Hauler, stretched and dropped!

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...hread.php?t=85

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awesome thanks and thsoe trucks look sick as well one more question that i forgot to ask what do you use to cut the cabs up with will a dremel tol with a cut off wheel work okay or is there something better thansk again and cant wait to see how this one turns out.

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usually I use a dremel, but for the front fenders i used a thread, drilled a little hole next to the headlight, put at thread through and pull it back and forth, it can make a pretty clean cut if you know what you are doing, mine was far from clean ;)

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okay cool thank you i appreciate your help and time to give me some information on this im waiting on my grand hauler kit to arrive and want to do soem of the mods you did to the body thanks again

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Started on the interior today, styrene work on dashboard done.


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got a little more work done today

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psdbzzw1tn.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps6cnbrm9z.jpg

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http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pssyfxjie2.jpg


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psyau7chy0.jpg

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Twin sticks, still dont know if I'll use them


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lose the twin stick all you need is one for a modern rig loving the custom work your doing!!!

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Thank you Bigford, i've been trying to find a 1/14 scale shotgun I could use for at gearstick, but cant seem to find one, I'm trying to fid a balance between modern and oldschool custom. I got a mercury sleeper for it, I got of of ebay, but it got a long way to go before it looks like the one in the picture, its a bit more rough around the edges then i thought it would be.


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Cool a grand hauler build

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Thanks for your comment, but there is not gonna be much left of the Grand Hauler when its done ;)

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Contact exclusive R/C on here he should be able to help you in that department on the shot gun shifter....

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thanks, I'll try that :D

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I'm loving your build. Any more up dates?
Kenneth.

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Thanks KAF1. I've been caught up in my scania build, and i still got some parts out for polishing, but I'll get back to it soon.

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I know Tamiya Cowboy, I looked at your KH, with the mercury sleeper, with envy many times, i send my mercury to a mate of mine, he is making a new roof for it and a couple of other changes, can't wait to get it back along with the rest of my alu parts, all polished, so i can finish this build ;)

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Got the rear axles back from the machineshop ;)

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Ooo shiny! Nice! :)

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Got a few more parts back from my alu guy. Also got ther servonaut motor and gearbox installed and the driveshaft.

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Love this build. All the shiny bits look great, its something to consider other than painting them. It'll be my first time cutting and working a body. Looks like you have a lot of practice the way some of interior and ext mods came out, very nice!