ScaleART - Assembling a MAN TGX/XL 6x6 tractor & Trailer

[Rakthi]

Hi Tracy,

Yeah, was wondering that myself. Was a bit surprised to just find the metal plate with a little bag of copper nails and no instructions. Was hoping it would be more like on the Arocs where they provide an indentation for the first hole to drill and then you can use the protection bit as a template.

They do have those thin bolts and nuts, they did include them with the Arocs visor, but then looking at it, the nut would really interfere with the placement of the head light unit.

I will use superglue to glue the copper nails in place. That should do. There is no tension or load on the things.

[Rakthi]

Found myself with free time yesterday so made some progress on the bumper.

First needed to paint in the indicators.



Next glue in the nails holding the head light protection



Clip the copper nails off as close as possible



Insert the provided plastic to function as the headlight glass and install the headlights.



Install the LED board. Only held with one screw.





Then the rest of the bumper parts



The step bar clips in the 4 provided holes. Supposed to be glued in place but was a very tight fit.



The number plate holder goes in at the back of the bumper.



Next the handle and pin are inserted



Numberplate clipped on and the 10 plugs inserted.



Inside grillwork







The number plate will need to be unclipped and removed to accommodate the spacers of the heavy duty front coupling.

[Rakthi]

The heavy duty front coupling









Support bar for the push/pull rods gets bolted on.





The push/pull rods that will attach to the chassis



The bits in the upper left corner are not used here. They are to attach the coupling to the frame of other models.



The M2x20 bolts get installed throught the previously drilled holes and the spacers put on.



Bumper ready to be attached to the frame



Bumper attached and screw needs be bolted through the black grill and chassis. This screw serves to hold the spring to lock the front of the cabin and also prevents the unlikely event of the bumper being pulled of the frame.



Screw bolted on and spring installed. Arrow indicates where the push/pull rod from the heavy duty coupling will attach.