Rebuild of a Knight Hauler after a Crash

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First modification, the roof lights. The holding of the roof lights where rebuild with brass. I wanted to hide the srews. In addition, the cables must be passed to the left side were they will go into the cabine by a hole covered by the holding.

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Saddle plate and rear end

The new rear end and the saddle plate holder are finished. The saddle plate is modified.















The actual state

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The side pipes will be replaced by new ones made of brass.

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The cabine

First I bought a new cabine and started to paint with color from a hardware store but the result wasn't as expected.



Some areas are rough and the color is too thick, structures are covered.

But after having a look at the old cabine I saw, that the professional painter hasn't worked correctly. It seems that he didn't use a primer. I could pull the paint of the cabine with a cutter.





Now I had a clean cabine and I decided to start again. It was also needed because with the last cabine I forgot to modify 2 things. The holes for the pipes must be wided for 2mm because the holdings at the pipes are set 2mm too high, error in measuring. In addition not all holes were closed.

So pictures will say mor than 1000 words:















Yesterday I started to paint again, now with primer and colors from Tamiya

Here's the cabine after priming and wet grinding.

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In addition the truck will have a special light feature. To realize this, I created a small platine with an ATMEL ATMega328 chip.It will stear a light effect depending on the speed of the truck.

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An add on for the rear, I created a new pair of mud flap holder (??? correct words ?). They include the blinker.

[rsd53]

Originally Posted by gismow

In addition the truck will have a special light feature. To realize this, I created a small platine with an ATMEL ATMega328 chip.It will stear a light effect depending on the speed of the truck.

If I under this correctly, this device will alter the voltage signal going to the steering servo. As the truck speed increases, the maximum voltage to the steering servo decreases.