Scaleart - assembling an Arocs 8x8 roll on roll off kipper

[Trucker Al]

Great update Stephen. Now that you have giving me my fix for the day, I can continue the rest of my day..

Alan

[Rakthi]

Hi Al, your fix?!? I'm getting worried about my daily fix here ... Almost finished (apart from sorting out the niggle with the SMX and the rear light) and already suffering from withdrawal symptoms ... This kit is strangely addictive. Already been looking at the ScaleART shop and convincing myself that I can afford another one ...

Stephan

[Rakthi]

Here the pictures of the fenders I installed yesterday:

Left front fender first



Per the manual cut a slot for the steering rod that runs on the left



Then shove over the support. The rear wouldn't go in all the way to the stop due to the screws holding the suspension to the chassis



A rather big hole is required as the nut needs to fit too. (Looking at the picture, it ooks rather messy from the inside ) - Same on the right side too of course.



Next rear fenders. They get screwed together as they use same middle support.



To make sure they lined up, I put 3 M1.6 screws through the indicated holes that are there for the mud flap. Where to drill is indicated on the parts



Install generic mud flap



Needed some trimming - Reason: see box in picture above with the holes indicated. Due to the form of the fender one bolt is close to the edge.



Also needed to file one of the sides of the washer so it would fit in the small area available.





Before installing run a 4mm drill through the holes to remove the small bits of plastic that might still be there from the casting. I also put a bit of silicone grease on the plastic to make it a bit easier to slide them on.



Next the under run protection ... this was a real pain. On the side of the oil tank the support touched the tank, considering the length of the screws that were with the part, figured an extra nut near the frame was in order. Up to there no problem. When trying to bolt the actual unit to the frame ... could not get a tool in there. Had to fasten the nuts with tweezers and only at the very end could use a 3mm spanner. The 2 at the bottom were an even bigger challenge. Took forever. - Hence no pictures of this ordeal.



Looking at it, I think I will take them back off. Liked it better without them.





Stephan

[Rakthi]

Got the rear light to work - so it survived the cats dragging it around. Checked the plug and even though I marked it when I took the plug off I swapped the + and - ...

Checked the pictures I took and then the actual wiring (without taking the cab apart) on the sound module and all according to the manual ... stumped on that one.

Still have to check the indicators and stand light on the cab.

[Rakthi]

Not a happy camper ... started to prime the oil pump and found out one of the valve servos is not responding. Must have broken a soldered joint in the extension down the line. So repairs needed.
The other servo controlling the kipping is working fine, but even after 5 minute running the pun and moving valve back and forth no movement to be seen ... lots of gurgling going on in the oil tank though.

To make things worse, the battery in the truck ran down, tried to charge it, and the on-board plug is not accessible due to the hydraulic cylinders ...



Meanwhile, got the raised exhaust up. Painted it black and have the pipe disappear under the cabin so it looks like the actual exhaust is under there somewhere



Well that will be it for a while. Until I find a way to make a 2nd plug on the battery so I can charge it, nothing much can be done.

Guess I can start on the container. The last part that needs assembling.